Executive Order 8957 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8957—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as Camp Sites

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Wednesday, December 3, 1941

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1 min read (148 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 1941-12-03, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as Camp Sites." 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

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that, subject to valid existing rights, the public lands in the following-described areas be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the War Department as camp sites: SIXTH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

▪ This order shall take precedence over, but shall not rescind or revoke, Executive Order No.

▪ 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, so far as such order affects the above-described lands.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

148

842 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8957, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dec 3, 1941). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8957-withdrawing-public-lands-for-use-the-war-department-camp-sites.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

COLORADO By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, 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 camp sites: SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 15 S., R. 66 W., sec. 22, NW¼NE¼; T. 16 S., R. 67 W., sec. 11, E½SE¼; sec. 14, E½NE¼NW¼; sec. 26, NW¼NW¼ T. 17 8., R. 66 W., sec. 5, NE¼NE¼ (lot 1); sec. 18, NW¼SW¼ (lot 3); aggregating 261.85 acres. This order shall take precedence over, but shall not rescind or revoke, Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, so far as such order affects the above-described lands. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, December 3, 1941.