Executive Orders

[taiwan_girl]

@Copper that's my point.

[Jolly]

Sometimes, quantity has a quality all its own.

[taiwan_girl]

Yes, but if you look at executive orders from years, even though there may have been a lot of them, a lot were pretty basic.

For example, President F. Roosevelt

Executive Order 6577—Exemption of Carleton W. Sturtevant from Compulsory Retirement for Age

January 25, 1934
Whereas section 204 of the act of June 30, 1932 (ch. 314, 47 Stat. 382, 404; 5 U.S.C., sec. 692b), provides:

"On and after July 1, 1932, no person rendering civilian service in any branch or service of the United States Government or the municipal government of the District of Columbia who shall have reached the retirement age prescribed for automatic separation from the service, applicable to such person, shall be continued in such service, notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation to the contrary: Provided, That the President may, by Executive Order, exempt from the provisions of this section any person when, in his judgment, the public interest so requires:"

And Whereas the public interest requires that Carleton W. Sturtevant, principal engineer, Engineer Department at Large, War Department, who, during the current month, will reach the retirement age prescribed for automatic separation from the service, be exempted from the provisions of this section and continued in the service until July 31, 1934;

Now, Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid statute, I do hereby exempt Carleton W. Sturtevant from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until July 31, 1934.

Seems as though presidents now try and make laws rather than try to sign the laws.

[Jolly]

Blame Congress.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Jolly said in Executive Orders:

Blame Congress.

Maybe the Presidents need to shoulder a tiny part of the responsibility?

[Jolly]

Power abhors a vacuum.

[89th]

Oh Jolly, I'm sure you'd be just as happy if it was Biden going on a power trip, right?

[Jolly]

Nope. But on the abdication of responsibility by Congress, I think I've been pretty consistent.

Where have you been?

[89th]

Yes that is true. Un(fortunately), depending on the issue, there aren't enough people in Congress (on the right) with spines to check the executive branch back into reality.

[Jolly]

Now, do Biden.