Executive Order 9053 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9053—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as a Chemical Warfare Range

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Friday, February 6, 1942

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1 min read (168 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 1942-02-06, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as a Chemical Warfare 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

▪ It is intended that the lands reserved by this order shall be returned to the administration of the Department of the Interior when they are no longer needed for the purpose for which they are reserved.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

168

941 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

10.1

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9053, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Feb 6, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9053-withdrawing-public-lands-for-use-the-war-department-chemical-warfare.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

UTAH 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that, subject to valid existing rights, the public lands in the following-described areas be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the War Department as a chemical warfare range: SALT LAKE MERIDIAN Tps. 7 and 8 S., R. 10 W., partly unsurveyed; Tps. 6, 7 and 8 S., R. 11 W., partly unsurveyed; T. 8 S., R. 12 W., secs. 1 to 3, 10 to 15, 22 to 27, and 34 to 36, inclusive, partly unsurveyed. The areas described, including both public and non-public lands, aggregate 126,720 acres. It is intended that the lands reserved by this order shall be returned to the administration of the Department of the Interior when they are no longer needed for the purpose for which they are reserved. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, February 6, 1942.