Executive Order 9695 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9695—Revocation of Executive Order No. 9243 of September 12, 1942, Providing for the Transfer and Release of Federal Personnel

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Friday, February 8, 1946

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1 min read (169 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 Harry S Truman on 1946-02-08, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Revocation of Executive Order No. 9243 of September 12, 1942, Providing for the Transfer and Release of Federal Personnel." 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

▪ 9243 of September 12, 1942, providing for the transfer and release of Federal personnel, is hereby revoked: Provided, That such revocation shall not be construed to affect any reemployment rights which may have heretofore been acquired by any employee under Executive Orders Nos.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

169

999 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9695, Harry S Truman (Feb 8, 1946). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9695-revocation-executive-order-no-9243-september-12-1942-providing-for.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403), and by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C. 631), it is ordered as follows: 1. Executive Order No. 9243 of September 12, 1942, providing for the transfer and release of Federal personnel, is hereby revoked: Provided, That such revocation shall not be construed to affect any reemployment rights which may have heretofore been acquired by any employee under Executive Orders Nos. 8973 and 9067, and Directives X and XVI issued by the Chairman of the War Manpower Commission. 2. The Civil Service Commission is authorized to adopt such recommendations and regulations and to establish such procedures as may be necessary to preserve any reemployment rights which may have been acquired by any employee under the said Executive Orders Nos. 8973 and 9067 and Directives X and XVI, and to carry out the provisions of Executive Order No. 9063. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, February 8, 1946