Executive Order 9867 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 9867—Amending Executive Order No. 9492, as Amended, Prescribing Regulations Governing Non-military and Non-Naval Transportation on Army and Navy Air Transports
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This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1947-06-23, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order No. 9492, as Amended, Prescribing Regulations Governing Non-military and Non-Naval Transportation on 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 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.
▪9840 of April 22, 1947, prescribing regulations governing non-military and non-naval transportation on Army and Navy air transports, be, and it is hereby, further amended y substituting the words "two years and ten months" for the words "two years and eight months," occurring in paragraph 2(c) thereof, as amended.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
Total Words
132
750 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
10.1
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 9867, Harry S Truman (Jun 23, 1947). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9867-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, and No. 9840 of April 22, 1947, prescribing regulations governing non-military and non-naval transportation on Army and Navy air transports, be, and it is hereby, further amended y substituting the words "two years and ten months" for the words "two years and eight months," occurring in paragraph 2(c) thereof, as amended. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, June 23, 1947
