Executive Order 9915 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9915—Delegating to the Secretary of Agriculture the Authority Vested in the President by Section 4(b) of the Joint Resolution Approved December 30, 1947

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Tuesday, December 30, 1947

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1 min read (164 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 1947-12-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Delegating to the Secretary of Agriculture the Authority Vested in the President by Section 4(b) of the Joint Resolution Approved December 30, 1947." 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

▪ 10179), as amended or modified by Executive Orders No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

164

975 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9915, Harry S Truman (Dec 30, 1947). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9915-delegating-the-secretary-agriculture-the-authority-vested-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 4(b) and 5 of the Joint Resolution approved December 30, 1947, entitled "Joint Resolution to aid in the stabilization of commodity prices, to aid in further stabilizing the economy of the United States, and for other purposes," and as President of the United States, the powers, authority, and discretion vested in the President under section 4(b) of the aforesaid joint resolution, reviving and reenacting Title III of the Second War Powers Act, 1942, for certain purposes, are hereby included within the powers, authority, and discretion delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture under Executive Order No. 9280 of December 5, 1942 (7 F.R. 10179), as amended or modified by Executive Orders No. 9322 of March 26, 1943 (8 F.R. 3807), No. 9334 of April 19, 1943 (8 F.R. 5423) and No. 9577 of June 29, 1945 (10 F.R. 8087). The said Executive orders are modified accordingly. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, December 30, 1947