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treestar

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8. No. I'm saying we can compare the two incidents.

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 02:51 PM

Jun 2012

An Executive Order cannot go beyond how a law is going to be enforced. An already existing law.

Regulations don't need Congress either, but they cannot go beyond the law they are designed to enforce.

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Can't the President override Congress? [View all] ailsagirl Jun 2012 OP

He can SGMRTDARMY Jun 2012 #1

No, he cannot. Executive Orders do NOT override Congress, ever. TheWraith Jun 2012 #18

I seemed to have spoke out of turn SGMRTDARMY Jun 2012 #19

There are exceptions. He can't allocate funds for example - that's the job of Congress. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #2

Can? Yes, in theory. In practice? No. Spider Jerusalem Jun 2012 #3

Sometimes Freddie Stubbs Jun 2012 #4

executive orders are merely instructions to the rest of the executive branch of the goverment. unblock Jun 2012 #5

Under rare circumstances... BlueDemKev Jun 2012 #6

He can, though, declare Martial Law BlueCaliDem Jun 2012 #7

So you wish that Obama would declare martial law. Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #10

Get his agenda through. Suspend Congress and SCOTUS. Push through the American Jobs Bill. BlueCaliDem Jun 2012 #13

A fantasy, indeed. MineralMan Jun 2012 #16

Well, better than living under Corporate Dictatorship a.k.a. fascism, because that's where we are BlueCaliDem Jun 2012 #21

What you just described is a dictatorship B2G Jun 2012 #17

Wake up already. We're already under a dictatorship. CORPORATE dictatorship. BlueCaliDem Jun 2012 #20

No. I'm saying we can compare the two incidents. treestar Jun 2012 #8

Lincoln is revered for doing so. GeorgeGist Jun 2012 #9

Like a pre-Magna Carta King of England? Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #11

Scroll down that page SaB2012 Jun 2012 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author ailsagirl Jun 2012 #14

Executive orders can be repealed by the next President lunatica Jun 2012 #15