Executive Order 8755 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8755—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as a Demolition and Practice Bombing Range

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Friday, May 16, 1941

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1 min read (190 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 1941-05-16, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as a Demolition and Practice Bombing Range." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as a Demolition and Practice Bombing Range.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

190

1,070 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

7.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8755, Franklin D. Roosevelt (May 16, 1941). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8755-withdrawing-public-lands-for-use-the-war-department-demolition-and.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

ALASKA By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of July 9, 1918, c. 143, 40 Stat. 845, 848 (U.S.C., title 10, sec. 1341), it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights and to existing reservations and classifications for power purposes, the public lands in 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 as a demolition and practice bombing range: SEWARD MERIDIAN T. 14 N., R. 2 W., secs. 4 to 8, inclusive, sec. 18, and those portions of secs. 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, and 19, lying northwesterly of the right-of-way of the Alaska Railroad; T. 15 N., R. 2 W., secs. 10 to 23, inclusive, secs. 27 to 33, inclusive, and those portions of secs. 24, 25, 26, 34, and 35, lying north-westerly of the right-of-way of the Alaska Railroad;- T. 15 N., R. 3 W., sec. 24, lot 1. The areas described, including both public and non-public lands, aggregate 18,600 acres. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, May 16, 1941.