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Gerhard Peters. "Executive Orders." The American Presidency Project. Ed. John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters. Santa Barbara, CA. 1999-2015. Available from the World Wide Web: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/orders.php.
Office of Press Secretary. "Executive Order." White House. White House, 13 Feb.
2015. Web. 3 Mar. 2015. <http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/
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Do you believe that the executive order is Constitutional? Democratic?
The executive order is a power that has been interpreted from powers given to the President by Article II Section I
George Washington himself used this power giving out 8 executive orders.
How do you think the political climate impacts the use of the executive order?
Do you think that the executive order helps or hinders the policy making process?
The President that used this power the most was FDR with a total of 3,721 and the presidents that used this power the least was William Henry Harrison (the only president that never used the power at all).
A rule or order given by the President that has the force of a law
An example of an executive order given by President Obama is the Promoting Private Sector Cybersecurity Information Sharing
President Obama has given a total of 203 executive orders. He gave 147 in his first term and 56 as of February 20th, 2015.