U.S. presidents have issued executive orders since 1785. Although there is no Constitutional provision or statute that explicitly permits executive orders, there is a vague grant of "executive power" given in Article II, Section 1, Clause 1 of the Constitution, and furthered by the declaration "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed" made in Article II, Section 3, Clause 5. Most Executive Orders use these Constitutional reasonings as the authorization allowing for their issuance to be justified as part of the President's sworn duties,[2] the intent being to help direct officers of the U.S. Executive carry out their delegated duties as well as the normal operations of the federal government: the consequence of failing to comply possibly being the removal from office.[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order There have only been 2 executive orders ever overturned in the history of the US...one of Harry Truman's and one of Bill Clinton's... -----Original Message----- From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 3:37 PM To: cf-community Subject: RE: Possible Executive Action - Gun Control I've never seen the words executive order in the constitution and I don't care what other people have also violated the constitution. I'm trying to deal with this administration and it's very real threats to liberty. Bush has nothing to do with this conversation, and I will be the first to tell you I feel that Regan violated the constitution both with the air traffic controllers strike and the 86 machine gun law. That being said even Jefferson, Washington and Adams occasionally operated outside the constitution, and needed to be brought back into line. Look at the alien and sedition act, or the wiskey and shay's rebellion. On Jan 10, 2013 4:31 PM, "Eric Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Reagan and Bush jr had twice as many executive orders as Obama did. > Bush Sr had about 40 more that Obama has...where was the bitching > then...oh...NM...there is a black guy in office now... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 7:52 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Possible Executive Action - Gun Control > > > Someone missed the point, something about working around congress, > skipping the constitution ... > > . > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Isn't the main criticism of Michelle Obama her statement that she is > "now" > > proud of her country? > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360004 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
