Executive Order 9615 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9615—Making Certain Time Limitations Imposed By Executive Order No. 4601 of March 1, 1927, Prescribing Regulations Pertaining to the Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross, Inapplicable to Certain Cases

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Friday, September 14, 1945

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1 min read (159 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 1945-09-14, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Making Certain Time Limitations Imposed By Executive Order No. 4601 of March 1, 1927, Prescribing Regulations Pertaining to the Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross, Inapplicable to Certain Cases." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Making Certain Time Limitations Imposed By Executive Order No. 4601 of March 1, 1927, Prescribing Regulations Pertaining to the Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross, Inapplicable to Certain Cases.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

159

903 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

15.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9615, Harry S Truman (Sep 14, 1945). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9615-making-certain-time-limitations-imposed-executive-order-no-4601-march.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 12 of the act of July 2, 1926, 44 Stat. 789, as amended, it is hereby ordered as follows: The time limitations imposed by the first sentence of paragraph 8 of Executive Order No. 4601 of March 1, 1927, prescribing rules and regulations pertaining to the award of the distinguished flying cross, shall not apply to any case in which (1) the act or achievement justifying the award is performed during the period commencing December 7, 1941, and ending with the date of the termination of hostilities in the present war, and (2) the recommendation of an award for such act or achievement is initiated within six months after the latter date. The term "date of the termination of hostilities in the present war" means the date proclaimed by the President as the date of such termination. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, September 14, 1945