Celebrating American Greatness With American Motor Racing

Enumerated powers · passes

The President acts under Article II, Sections 1 and 3 to direct executive departments, and the subject matter falls within clear federal authority. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 grants exclusive federal authority over the District of Columbia and federal enclaves including the National Mall area administered by the Secretary of the Interior. Directing the Secretaries of Interior and Transportation to designate a route, process permits under existing regulation 36 C.F.R. 7.96(g), and use available appropriated funds is execution of existing law, not creation of new legislative power.

Bill of Rights · passes

No speech, religion, press, assembly, arms, search, trial, or punishment rights are restricted. The order directs agencies to issue permits expeditiously and facilitate aerial photography by permitted individuals, consistent with the First Amendment. Temporary road closures for a special event near the National Mall do not constitute a prior restraint or assembly ban, and no provision authorizes surveillance, searches, or seizures under the Fourth Amendment.

Individual liberty · passes

The order does not restrict what any person may do with their person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It celebrates a voluntary sporting event, expands permitted aerial photography enjoyment, and imposes no mandate, prohibition, compulsion to attend, speak, or associate. Any incidental traffic rerouting from a time-limited special event is not a restriction on sovereignty requiring compelling justification.

Decentralization · passes

A street race on federal parklands and roadways around the National Mall cannot be handled by an individual or family, nor by a local community or state alone. Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 17, Congress has exclusive legislation over the District of Columbia, making federal coordination the minimum necessary level. The order expressly requires coordination with the Mayor of Washington, D.C., and does not consolidate state or local functions upward.

Due process and takings · passes

No deprivation of life, liberty, or property and no taking under the Fifth Amendment. The order creates no enforceable right or benefit, requires implementation consistent with applicable law and subject to availability of appropriations, directs use of available funds as deemed appropriate, and orders maintenance of roads and bridges for the course. No fines, forfeitures, closures of businesses without hearing, or physical appropriation are authorized.