Executive Order 9028 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.33)

Executive Order 9028—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Lookout Station for Use in Cooperative Forest Protection

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Tuesday, January 20, 1942

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1 min read (232 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 1942-01-20, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawal of Public Lands for Lookout Station for Use in Cooperative Forest Protection." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

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

▪ 497, it is ordered as follows: Section 1.

▪ 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, temporarily withdrawing all public lands in California and certain other States for classification and other purposes, is hereby revoked as to the following-described tract of public land in California: Mount Diablo Meridian T.

▪ Subject to valid existing rights, the lands described in section 1 of this order are hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved and set apart under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior for use as a lookout station site for Federal and State cooperative forest-protection work.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

232

1,360 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

10.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.33

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9028, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jan 20, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9028-withdrawal-public-lands-for-lookout-station-for-use-cooperative.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

CALIFORNIA 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, it is ordered as follows: Section 1. Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, temporarily withdrawing all public lands in California and certain other States for classification and other purposes, is hereby revoked as to the following-described tract of public land in California: Mount Diablo Meridian T. 23 S., R. 9 E. sec. 4, E½SE¼SE¼SW¼, W½SW¼SW¼SE¼, 10 acres. Section 2. Subject to valid existing rights, the lands described in section 1 of this order are hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved and set apart under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior for use as a lookout station site for Federal and State cooperative forest-protection work. Section 3. The land herein reserved being within the area included in the unit plan agreement for the Williams Hill area, Monterey County, approved by the Secretary of the Interior on June 2, 1937, its reservation as a lookout station is subject to its use for the purpose of oil and gas development pursuant to the act of February 25, 1920, c. 85, 41 Stat. 437, as amended, and for purposes incidental thereto. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, January 20, 1942.