Executive Order 8923 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8923—Withdrawing Public Lands For the Use of the War Department as a National Guard Rifle Range

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Friday, October 24, 1941

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1 min read (102 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 1941-10-24, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawing Public Lands For the Use of the War Department as a National Guard Rifle 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

▪ By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public lands be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the War Department as a National Guard rifle range: NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

102

585 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

12.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8923, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Oct 24, 1941). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8923-withdrawing-public-lands-for-the-use-the-war-department-national.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public lands 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 National Guard rifle range: NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 10 N., R. 2 E., sec. 4, that part exclusive of the Atrisco grant; T. 11 N., R. 2 E., secs. 28 and 33; containing 1,527.60 acres. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, October 24, 1941.