Constitution Index · Executive Order 14313 · 2025-07-03

Establishing the President's Make America Beautiful Again Commission

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Constitutional

Executive Order 14313 creates a purely advisory commission to coordinate stewardship of existing federal lands and expand public recreational access, using lawful executive direction under Article II and the Property Clause in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2. It regulates no person, restricts no right, seizes no property, orders no enforcement, and preserves existing law and appropriations limits. Constitutionally sound.

Article II Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 Article II, Section 1 Article II, Section 3 Amendment I Amendment II Amendment IV Amendment IX Amendment V Amendment X

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Enumerated powers · passes

The President acts under Article II, Section 1 vesting of executive power and Article II, Section 3 duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, by directing subordinate executive officers and creating an advisory commission with no independent regulatory power. Management of federal parks, forests, and public lands rests on Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2, the Property Clause, which grants Congress power over territory and property belonging to the United States, executed here through existing statutes such as the Great American Outdoors Act. No new spending, regulation, or land acquisition is ordered.

Bill of Rights · passes

The order creates an advisory commission, directs interagency coordination, and states policies favoring access for recreation, hunting, fishing, hiking, and voluntary conservation. It imposes no restriction on speech, religion, press, assembly, or petition under the First Amendment, no regulation of arms under the Second Amendment, no search, seizure, or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment, and no criminal procedure, self-incrimination, or trial issue under the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments. Section 5(c) expressly disclaims creation of any enforceable right or benefit, confirming no rights deprivation.

Individual liberty · passes

The order expands rather than restricts individual use of person, property, speech, labor, and belief. Section 2 and Section 4 direct agencies to expand access to public lands for recreation, hunting, fishing, hiking, boating, and related uses, and to favor voluntary, collaborative conservation rather than regulation. No mandate, prohibition, license, fee, or belief-based condition is imposed, so no justification burden arises under the Ninth Amendment and the liberty protected by the Fifth Amendment.

Decentralization · passes

The subject is management of existing federal parks, forests, waterways, and public lands. Individuals, counties, and states cannot by themselves maintain Yellowstone, national forests, or federal wildlife refuges, so the first three questions are answered no. The order does not consolidate upward because it creates only an advisory body under the President, leaves agency statutory authority intact in Section 5(a), requires implementation consistent with applicable law and appropriations, and emphasizes voluntary collaboration and coordination with State wildlife agencies under Tenth Amendment principles.

Due process and takings · passes

There is no deprivation of life, liberty, or property, no criminal or civil enforcement, no presumption-of-innocence issue, and no taking under the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause. No property is condemned, occupied, or regulated out of use, and no compensation duty is triggered. The order provides no binding adjudication, so procedural due process under the Fifth Amendment and substantive due process requirements of non-arbitrary action are satisfied; Section 5(b) requires consistency with applicable law.

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Values for America. “Constitutional grade: Executive Order 14313, Establishing the President's Make America Beautiful Again Commission.” VFA Constitution Index, grade 86 (rubric vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0), graded October 8, 2026. https://www.valuesforamerica.com/constitution-index/grades/86. Accessed 2026-10-19.

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