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Obama to use executive orders for immediate impact
taurusowner:
I wonder if all the lefties that complained about President Bush using too much power will do the same when Hussein does it next year?
jk.
Desertdog:
Basis in U.S. Constitution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order_(United_States)#Basis_in_U.S._Constitution
Leland-Boker Authorized Edition of the Emancipation Proclamation, printed in June 1864 with a presidential signatureU.S. Presidents have issued executive orders since 1789. 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 of the Constitution and the statement "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed" in Article II, Section 3. Most executive orders are orders issued by the President to US executive officers to help direct their operation, the result of failing to comply being removal from office.
Other types of executive orders are:
National Security Directives
Homeland Security Presidential Directives (presidential decision directives)
[edit] History and use
Until the early 1900s, executive orders went mostly unannounced and undocumented, seen only by the agencies to which they were directed. However, the Department of State instituted a numbering scheme for executive orders in 1907, starting retroactively with an order issued on October 20, 1862, by President Abraham Lincoln. That order became necessary when Union forces captured New Orleans; Lincoln issued the order to establish military courts in Louisiana. Today, only National Security Directives are kept from the public.
Until the 1950s, there were no rules or guidelines outlining what the president could or could not do through an executive order. However, the Supreme Court ruled in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 US 579 (1952) that Executive Order 10340 from President Harry S. Truman placing all steel mills in the country under federal control was invalid because it attempted to make law, rather than clarify or act to further a law put forth by the Congress or the Constitution. Presidents since this decision have generally been careful to cite which specific laws they are acting under when issuing new executive orders.
Wars have been fought upon executive order, including the 1999 Kosovo War during Bill Clinton's second term in office. However, all such wars have had authorizing resolutions from Congress. The extent to which the president may exercise military power independently of Congress and the scope of the War Powers Resolution remain unresolved constitutional issues, although all Presidents since its passage have complied with the terms of the Resolution while maintaining that they are not constitutionally required to do so.
More information at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order_(United_States)#Basis_in_U.S._Constitution
Waitone:
"Stroke of the pen, law of the land. Kinda cool, huh?"
Paul Begala--Clinton admin official
RocketMan:
The real question is, will Obama step beyond the already tenuous authority concerning executive orders as "granted" in the Constitution? I believe he will, issuing what amount to presidential decrees. It does not bode well for America.
Nitrogen:
--- Quote from: RocketMan on November 10, 2008, 07:33:58 AM ---The real question is, will Obama step beyond the already tenuous authority concerning executive orders as "granted" in the Constitution? I believe he will, issuing what amount to presidential decrees. It does not bode well for America.
--- End quote ---
Of course he will. George bush did so, and the lefties were told to shut up and support their president in wartime.
That's why it's a good idea to keep a leash on your president when he exceeds his authority, even if you like him.
Think of how much harder it'd be for Obama to abuse executive orders if we impeached the last president(s) that did so? And no, Clinton doesn't count; we didn't impeach him for that; we impeached him for lying about a B.J.
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