November 27, 201411 yr "I just took an action to CHANGE THE LAW." https://www.votetocracy.com/blog/what-are-executive-orders "Presidents have been accused a number of times of abusing executive orders. The most common abuse is when the president uses them to make or change laws without the approval of Congress." L'État, c'est moi.
November 27, 201411 yr The commander in chief of lies is now having some of his old lies conflict with his new lies.
November 28, 201411 yr According to his backers you cant trust your own ears . Maybe we just are not smart enough to understand what good he is doing ?
December 5, 201411 yr Actually there is no legal definition of an executive order. Executive order - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia What was done tonight was more a Presidential Proclamation since the President spent much of his time talking to an audience that was not part of his administration. From link above: According to political science professor Phillip J. Cooper, a presidential proclamation "states a condition, declares a law and requires obedience, recognizes an event or triggers the implementation of a law (by recognizing that the circumstances in law have been realized)" Presidential proclamation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia EO or Proclamation? The answer seems interesting. As noted above: "In the United States, the President's proclamation does not have the force of law, unless authorized by Congress. " List of EO's as of today (nothing on immigration, last one issued October 17th): Executive Orders | The White House List of Presidential Actions/Proclamations (about one a day issued): Presidential Actions | The White House Apparently - there is no EO. Just a 'memo'.
December 10, 201411 yr Evidently the President has not signed an Executive Order. It appears he has sent a memo to DHS, not really clarifying his intentions for the record. The explanation, I assume, is that Obama thinks it will be harder to mount a legal challenge to his unconstitutional usurpation if there is no actual order that defines what he has done. There is no bottom to the depth of the Obama administration’s corruption
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