Executive Order 9961 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9961—Directing the Civil Service Commission to Make Determinations With Respect to the Reemployment Rights of Persons Who Left the Federal Service to Serve in the Armed Forces of the Merchant Marine

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Wednesday, May 19, 1948

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1 min read (200 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 1948-05-19, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Directing the Civil Service Commission to Make Determinations With Respect to the Reemployment Rights of Persons Who Left the Federal Service to Serve in the Armed Forces of the Merchant Marine." 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

▪ 403), and as President of the United States, it is ordered that the last sentence of section 01.2(c) of Executive Order No.

▪ 9830 of February 24, 1947, entitled "Amending the Civil Service Rules and Providing for Federal Personnel Administration," be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "The Commission shall also determine the applicability, in general and in specific cases, of the reemployment provisions of (1) section 8 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (54 Stat.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

200

1,148 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.7

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9961, Harry S Truman (May 19, 1948). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9961-directing-the-civil-service-commission-make-determinations-with.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403), and as President of the United States, it is ordered that the last sentence of section 01.2(c) of Executive Order No. 9830 of February 24, 1947, entitled "Amending the Civil Service Rules and Providing for Federal Personnel Administration," be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "The Commission shall also determine the applicability, in general and in specific cases, of the reemployment provisions of (1) section 8 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 890) as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 308), to persons who left the Federal service to serve in the armed forces of the United States, and (2) section 2 of the act of June 23, 1943, 57 Stat. 162, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 1472), to persons who left the Federal Service to serve in the merchant marine; and the Commission may issue such regulations or instructions as it may deem necessary or appropriate for carrying out the said reemployment provisions." HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 1948