Executive Order 7520 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7520—Withdrawal of Public Land for Use of the War Department as a Target Range for the Arizona National Guard

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Friday, December 18, 1936

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1 min read (166 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 1936-12-18, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawal of Public Land for Use of the War Department as a Target Range for the Arizona National Guard." 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

▪ 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch.

▪ 497, it is ordered that the following-described land in the State of Arizona be, and it is hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for use of the War Department as a target range for the Arizona National Guard: GILA AND SALT RIVER MERIDIAN T.

▪ 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, is hereby modified to the extent necessary to make this order effective.

▪ This order shall continue in full force and effect unless and until revoked by the President or by act of Congress.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

166

868 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

7.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7520, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dec 18, 1936). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7520-withdrawal-public-land-for-use-the-war-department-target-range-for.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910, ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497, it is ordered that the following-described land in the State of Arizona be, and it is hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for use of the War Department as a target range for the Arizona National Guard: GILA AND SALT RIVER MERIDIAN T. 14 S., R. 12 E., W 1/2 SW 1/4, Sec. 13, W 1/2, SE 1/4, W 1/2 NE 1/4; Sec. 14, NW 1/4, W 1/2 NE 1/4 sec. 23. Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, is hereby modified to the extent necessary to make this order effective. This order shall continue in full force and effect unless and until revoked by the President or by act of Congress. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, December 18, 1936.