Executive Order 9840 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9840—Amending Executive Order No. 9492, as Amended, Prescribing Regulations Governing Non-Military and Non-Naval Transportation of Army and Navy Air Transports

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Tuesday, April 22, 1947

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1 min read (118 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 1947-04-22, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order No. 9492, as Amended, Prescribing Regulations Governing Non-Military and Non-Naval Transportation of Army and Navy Air Transports." 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

▪ By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States and as President of the United States and Commanded in Chief of the Army and Navy of the Untied States, it is ordered that Executive Order No.

▪ 9492 of October 24, 1944, as amended by Executive Orders No.

▪ 9792 of October 23, 1946, prescribing regulations governing non-military and non-naval transportation of Army and Navy air transports, be, and it is hereby, further amended by substituting the words "two years and eight months" for the words "two and one-half years." HARRY S.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments

Total Words

118

674 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

10.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9840, Harry S Truman (Apr 22, 1947). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9840-amending-executive-order-no-9492-amended-prescribing-regulations.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States and as President of the United States and Commanded in Chief of the Army and Navy of the Untied States, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 9492 of October 24, 1944, as amended by Executive Orders No. 9629 of September 25, 1945, No. 9714, of April 20, 1946, and No. 9792 of October 23, 1946, prescribing regulations governing non-military and non-naval transportation of Army and Navy air transports, be, and it is hereby, further amended by substituting the words "two years and eight months" for the words "two and one-half years." HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, April 22, 1947