Executive Order No. 9240, as amended, entitled "Regulations Relating to Overtime Wage Compensation" is hereby revoked, effective as of the date of this order.
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Signed by President Harry S Truman on August 21, 1945, this order concerns Revocation of Executive Order 9240 as Amended, Entitled "Regulations Relating to Overtime Compensation". Executive Order No. 9240, as amended, entitled "Regulations Relating to Overtime Wage Compensation" is hereby revoked, effective as of the date of this order.
Executive Order No. 9240, as amended, entitled "Regulations Relating to Overtime Wage Compensation" is hereby revoked, effective as of the date of this order.
Evaluating this order against the constitutional debates of 1787 and the limits of Article II executive power.
"When the President acts in absence of either a congressional grant or denial of authority, he can only rely upon his own independent powers, but there is a zone of twilight in which he and Congress may have concurrent authority."
Separation of Powers & Legislative Primacy
"Power is of an encroaching nature, and it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it." — Federalist No. 48 (1788)
Madison would view this order with watchful scrutiny. Operating in the 'Zone of Twilight' where Congress is silent, each such directive establishes an administrative precedent that steadily expands the executive perimeter at the expense of legislative primacy.
The Energetic Executive & Unified Command
"A feeble Executive implies a feeble execution of the government; and a government ill executed, whatever it may be in theory, must be, in practice, a bad government." — Federalist No. 70 (1788)
Hamilton would view this directive as the natural and indispensable functioning of administrative leadership. Without the power to coordinate agencies, manage personnel, and resolve operational ambiguities, the modern presidency would be reduced to an impotent figurehead.
Bill of Rights, Due Process & 10th Amendment
"The purse and the sword ought never to be in the same hands... nor the liberties of the citizen placed at the pleasure of a single magistrate." — Virginia Ratifying Convention (1788)
George Mason and the Anti-Federalists would sound a fierce warning. They feared that Article II would inevitably evolve into an elective monarchy. When an executive order impacts private rights, property, or civil liberties without individualized judicial process, Mason would see their darkest predictions verified.
An objective audit measuring potential separation-of-powers tension against the United States Constitution and established Supreme Court doctrine.
Operates within delegated statutory execution without modifying legislative appropriations or taxing powers.
Exercises standard supervisory executive authority to faithfully execute existing statutes.
Confined strictly to internal federal jurisdiction, federal property, or direct military command.
Focuses on internal governmental operations with no direct impairment of private rights or property.
The order relies on inherent Article II executive discretion, civil service management, or foreign diplomacy where Congress has neither expressly approved nor prohibited action.
This order operates within Justice Jackson’s Zone of Twilight, resting upon concurrent presidential authority or congressional silence.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 9240, as amended, entitled "Regulations Relating to Overtime Wage Compensation" is hereby revoked, effective as of the date of this order. HARRY S. TRUMAN
August 21, 1945
1 order cited directly in this text, plus related actions from this administration.
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Harry S Truman Exec. Order No. 9601 (Aug. 21, 1945), https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9601-revocation-executive-order-9240-amended-entitled-regulations-relating.
