Executive Order 8652 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8652—Reserving Public Lands for the Use of the War Department

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Tuesday, January 28, 1941

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1 min read (238 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 1941-01-28, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Reserving Public Lands for the Use of 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subject to valid existing rights, all the public lands within the following-described areas be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the War Department for aerial bombing and gunnery range purposes: SALT LAKE MERIDIAN Ts.

▪ This order shall take precedence over, but shall not rescind or revoke, as to any of the land affected thereby in the above-described areas, the withdrawals made by Executive Order No.

▪ 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, Executive order of April 17, 1926, creating Public Water Reserve No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

238

1,327 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8652, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jan 28, 1941). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8652-reserving-public-lands-for-the-use-the-war-department.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

UTAH By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of July 9, 1918, c. 143, 40 Stat. 845, 848 (U.S.C., title 10, see. 1341), it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, all the public lands within the following-described areas be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the War Department for aerial bombing and gunnery range purposes: SALT LAKE MERIDIAN Ts. 1, 2, and 3 N., R. 14½ W., all, unsurveyed; Ts. 1, 2, and 3 N., R. 15 W., all, partly unsurveyed: T. 1 S., R. 15 W., secs. 1 to 18, inclusive; Ts. 1 to 4 S., R. 18 W., all, partly unsurveyed; Ts. 1 to 4 S., R. 19 W., all; containing approximately 262,200 acres. This order shall take precedence over, but shall not rescind or revoke, as to any of the land affected thereby in the above-described areas, the withdrawals made by Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, Executive order of April 17, 1926, creating Public Water Reserve No. 107, Executive Order No. 4846 of March 30, 1928, withdrawing certain lands pending legislation, and the orders of the Secretary of the Interior of December 30, 1931, and June 2, 1938, Air Navigation Site Withdrawal No. 73. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, January 28, 1941.