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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (76736)	5/30/2010 7:03:37 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

The reason why people are pointing their fingers at Obama is his failure to issue executive orders. The legality of executive orders is best described as follows: Presidential Executive Orders have been around since the time of Abraham Lincoln. The legality of such unilateral decisions (without the consent of Congress, the Supreme Court, or anyone else) is based on the idea that in times of crisis (wars, invasions, attacks, and so forth), Emergency War Powers may need be assumed, giving the President of the United States dictatorial powers. In times of real crisis, it’s not a good idea to have a lot of discussion or debate on actions to be taken. A single commander is the only effective means with which to combat the emergency. halexandria.org He has been successful with this approach with regards to suspension of drilling. Message 26566757 Now he needs to use that privilege to thwart any onslaught from the BP legal machine.