DA>NP> Understanding these things called executive orders is my next
DA>NP> study.  I haven't figured them out yet.  What weight they carry,
DA>NP> and where on earth they get that weight from.  Sure isn't in the
DA>NP> Constitution as near as I can figure.
DA>Basically, the president can issue any order he pleases as long as
DA>the  Congress and the courts don't question him.
DA>Constitutionally, there are strict limits on what he can do, but that
DA>only counts if everyone is paying attention to the Constitution. I
DA>would  contend, for instance, that *none* of the federal regulation
DA>of firearms  is Constitutional, but the people entrusted with
DA>enforcing the law don't  appear to agree with me.
I still don't see the power to issue orders.
But, as near as I can tell so far, the power is derived from an
emergency action taken by Congress back many years ago Under Truman (I
think) empowering the president to take action against the steel
industry.  And this power has never been repealed.  So apparently we are
living in a state of continued emergency, which gives the President the
power of executive orders.  All because Congress has apparently refused
to take back the responsibility dictated to them from the Constitution.
Now I take all this with a tablespoon of salt, for I've found this in
internet stuff.  And I've come to be very skeptical of things posted
there.  Let me find it several more times, in other arenas, and I'll
believe it easier.  But it does seem plausible, and does kinda ring a
bell in my memory.
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