Executive Order 8508 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8508—Withdrawal of Public Land for the War Department

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Thursday, August 8, 1940

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1 min read (145 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1940-08-08, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawal of Public Land for the War Department." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 1341), it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, all the following-described public lands be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining and leasing laws, for the use of the War Department as an antiaircraft firing range: TALLAHASSEE MERIDIAN T.

▪ 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended, and Executive Order No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

145

806 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

6.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8508, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Aug 8, 1940). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8508-withdrawal-public-land-for-the-war-department.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

FLORIDA By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of July 9, 1918, 40 Stat. 845, 848 (U.S.C., title 10, sec. 1341), it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, all the following-described public lands be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining and leasing laws, for the use of the War Department as an antiaircraft firing range: TALLAHASSEE MERIDIAN T. 3 S., R. 31 W., sec. 24, lot 3; sec. 25, lot 2; sec. 28, lots 1 and 2; sec. 30, lot 2; 195.26 acres. This order supersedes the withdrawal made by Executive Order No. 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended, and Executive Order No. 4109 of December 8, 1924, as to any of the above-described lands. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, August 8, 1940.