Executive Order 9760 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.55)

Executive Order 9760—Conferring Certain Authority Upon the Secretary of State With Regard to Diplomatic and Consular Property of Germany and Japan Within the United States

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Tuesday, July 23, 1946

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1 min read (283 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 1946-07-23, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Conferring Certain Authority Upon the Secretary of State With Regard to Diplomatic and Consular Property of Germany and Japan Within the United States." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ When the Secretary of State determines to exercise any power and authority conferred upon him by this order with respect to any property over which the Secretary of the Treasury is exercising any control and so notifies the Secretary of the Treasury in writing, the Secretary of the Treasury shall release all control over such property, except as authorized or directed by the Secretary of State.

▪ 8389, as amended, and 9095, as amended.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities

Total Words

283

1,714 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

19.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.55

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9760, Harry S Truman (Jul 23, 1946). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9760-conferring-certain-authority-upon-the-secretary-state-with-regard.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statues, including the Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917, as amended, and the First War Powers Act, 1941, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. The Secretary of State is authorized and empowered as he deems necessary in the national interest to direct, manage, supervise or control diplomatic and consular property within the United States owned or controlled by Germany or Japan, including all assets on the premises of such property. 2. The Alien Property Custodian shall not exercise any power and authority conferred upon him by any other Executive order with respect to diplomatic and consular property within the Untied States owned or controlled by Germany or Japan except so far as the Secretary of State releases his authority over such diplomatic and consular property under this order and so notifies the Alien Property Custodian in writing. 3. When the Secretary of State determines to exercise any power and authority conferred upon him by this order with respect to any property over which the Secretary of the Treasury is exercising any control and so notifies the Secretary of the Treasury in writing, the Secretary of the Treasury shall release all control over such property, except as authorized or directed by the Secretary of State. 4. This order supersedes all conflicting provisions of prior Executive orders, including Executive Orders Nos. 8389, as amended, and 9095, as amended. 5. The Secretary of State is authorized to prescribe from time to time regulations, rulings and instructions to carry out the purposes of this order. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, July 23, 1946