Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
(this executive order was not published)
Executive Order 9826 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 9826—Designating the Honorable A. Cecil Snyder as Acting Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico
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 1947-01-31, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Designating the Honorable A. Cecil Snyder as Acting Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Designating the Honorable A. Cecil Snyder as Acting Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
6
40 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
8.4
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 9826, Harry S Truman (Jan 31, 1947). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9826-designating-the-honorable-cecil-snyder-acting-judge-the-district.