Executive Order 9886 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 9886—Amending Executive Order No. 9492, as Amended, Prescribing Regulations Governing Non-miitary and Non-naval Transportation on Army and Navy Air Tranpsports
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This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1947-08-22, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order No. 9492, as Amended, Prescribing Regulations Governing Non-miitary and Non-naval Transportation on Army and Navy Air Tranpsports." 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 Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No.
▪9492 of October 24, 1944, as amended by Executive Orders No.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
Total Words
195
1,105 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
12.2
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 9886, Harry S Truman (Aug 22, 1947). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9886-amending-executive-order-no-9492-amended-prescribing-regulations.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
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 Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United 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, No. 9792 of October 23, 1946, No. 9840 of April 22, 1947, and No. 9867 of June 23, 1947, prescribing regulations governing non-military and non-naval transportation on Army and Navy air transports, be, and it is hereby, further amended by substituting the words "three years and one month" for the words "two years and ten months," occurring in paragraph 2(c) thereof, as amended, and by adding to the end of the said paragraph the sentence "This order shall cease to be in effect at such time, not later than the expiration of the period of three years and one month aforesaid, as the Secretary of Defense may specifically provide in regulations or orders issued by him superseding the provisions hereof." HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, August 22, 1947
