Executive Order 8577 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8577—Withdrawing Public Land For Use of the War Department

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Tuesday, October 29, 1940

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1 min read (173 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 1940-10-29, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawing Public Land For Use of the War Department." 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, c.

▪ 497, and subject to valid existing rights, it is ordered that the following-described public land at Kotzebue, Alaska, be, and it is hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved for the use of the War Department as a radio-station site: Beginning at corner No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

173

961 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

5.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8577, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Oct 29, 1940). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8577-withdrawing-public-land-for-use-the-war-department.

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 June 25, 1910, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, c. 369, 37 Stat. 497, and subject to valid existing rights, it is ordered that the following-described public land at Kotzebue, Alaska, be, and it is hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved for the use of the War Department as a radio-station site: Beginning at corner No. 1, from which corner No. 7, U.S. Survey No. 2082, Friends Mission Reserve, latitude 66°53' N., longitude 162°38'30'' W., bears S. 44°05'W., 2.62 chains. From corner No. 1, by metes and bounds, N. 44°05' E., 3.00 chains, along line 7-8, U.S. Survey No. 2082, to corner No. 2; N. 45°55' W., 4.00 chains to comer No. 3; S. 44°05' W., 3.00 chains to comer No. 4; S. 45°55' E., 4.00 chains to comer No. 1, the place of beginning; containing 1.2 acres. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, October 29, 1940.