Maybe 4ager knows this, he seems to know constitutional law pretty well; much better than I do.
Wasn�t the original intent of Executive Orders more to ensure that laws passed were enforced? Example, congress enacts a tax on whiskey. Whiskey makers say piss off and we�ll shoot the first SOB who tries to collect a tax. President Washington issues an executive order to call up troops, go kick arse and make the law stand.
Wasn�t that the real intent of executive orders? I�m betting you�ll know more.
But then going as far back as Lincoln (and I�m sure it started before him) with the Emancipation Proclamation an executive order just became law of the land without going through congress. And no, I�m not saying the slave shouldn�t have been freed, just that the process was circumvented and not done in the right way.
Love to hear 4agers thoughts.
