Executive Order 9098 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 9098—Modification of Executive Order No. 8507 of August 8, 1940, Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as an Anti-Aircraft Firing Range
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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1942-03-14, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Modification of Executive Order No. 8507 of August 8, 1940, Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as an Anti-Aircraft Firing 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
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Modification of Executive Order No. 8507 of August 8, 1940, Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as an Anti-Aircraft Firing Range.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
131
760 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
6.7
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 9098, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Mar 14, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9098-modification-executive-order-no-8507-august-8-1940-withdrawing-public.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
CALIFORNIA By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of July 9, 1918, 40 Stat. 845, 848 (U.S.C., title 10, sec. 1341), Executive Order No. 8507 of August 8, 1940, withdrawing certain public lands in the State of California for the use of the War Department as an anti-aircraft firing range, is hereby modified so as to eliminate from the effect thereof the following-described public lands, except for the main access road to the firing range crossing such lands, known, among other names, as the "Barstow Road", the "Cave Springs Road", the "Barstow-Bicycle Lake-Death Valley Road", "Road No. 1339", "Road No. 1355", and "Road No. 1356": San Bernardino Meridian T. 12 N., R. 2 E., secs. 9 and 10. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, March 14, 1942.
