Executive Order 9086 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9086—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as a General Bombing Range

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Wednesday, March 4, 1942

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1 min read (202 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 1942-03-04, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as a General Bombing 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

▪ 1341), 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that, subject to valid existing rights, the public lands in the following-described areas be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the War Department as a general bombing range: MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN Tps.

▪ This order shall take precedence over, but shall not rescind or revoke, the order of the Secretary of the Interior of November 24, 1937, withdrawing certain public lands for a proposed grazing district, so far as such order affects any of the public lands in the above-described areas.

▪ It is intended that the lands described herein shall be returned to the administration of the Department of the Interior when they are no longer needed for the purposes for which they are reserved.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

202

1,150 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

9.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9086, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Mar 4, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9086-withdrawing-public-lands-for-use-the-war-department-general-bombing.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

NEVADA By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of July 9, 1918, c. 143, 40 Stat. 845, 848 (U.S.C. title 10, sec. 1341), 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 general bombing range: MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN Tps. 1, 2, 3, and 4 S., R. 44 E.; Tps. 1, 2, 3, and 4 S., R. 45 E. The areas described, including both public and non-public lands, aggregate 184,371.28 acres. This order shall take precedence over, but shall not rescind or revoke, the order of the Secretary of the Interior of November 24, 1937, withdrawing certain public lands for a proposed grazing district, so far as such order affects any of the public lands in the above-described areas. It is intended that the lands described herein shall be returned to the administration of the Department of the Interior when they are no longer needed for the purposes for which they are reserved. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, March 4, 1942.