Executive Order 9143 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9143—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department for Holding, Reconsignment, and Quartermaster Depots

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Tuesday, April 21, 1942

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1 min read (199 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 1942-04-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department for Holding, Reconsignment, and Quartermaster Depots." 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

▪ CALIFORNIA By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights and to the transmission line withdrawal under Federal Power Project No.

▪ 882, the following-described public lands be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the War Department for the establishment of a Holding and Reconsignment Depot and Quartermaster Depot: SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN T.

▪ This order shall take precedence over, but shall not rescind or revoke, Executive Order No.

▪ 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, so far as such order affects the above-described lands.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

199

1,203 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9143, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Apr 21, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9143-withdrawing-public-lands-for-use-the-war-department-for-holding.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

CALIFORNIA By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights and to the transmission line withdrawal under Federal Power Project No. 882, the following-described public lands 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 for the establishment of a Holding and Reconsignment Depot and Quartermaster Depot: SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN T. 9 N., R. 1 E., sec. 10, that part of S½ lying north and west of Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way; sec. 15, that part of NW¼ lying north and west of Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way. The areas described aggregate 315.00 acres. This order shall take precedence over, but shall not rescind or revoke, Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, so far as such order affects the above-described lands. 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, April 21, 1942.