2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton would use executive action to end tax loophole: USA Today
Clinton would use executive action to end tax loophole: USA TodayEric Beech at USA Today, Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-clinton-tax-idUSKCN0Z12F4
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peacebird
(14,195 posts)Zynx
(21,328 posts)Done and done.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)action? If it can be done by executive action why not issue that order on Day 1?
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)is less restricted in its authority.
Demsrule86
(68,455 posts)As we speak Congress is (Gop) is defending the right of terrorists to buy guns.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)peacebird
(14,195 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Executive orders are (a) temporary, and (b) they let Congress off the hook.
Obama showed that.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)already. Issuing an executive order would have interfered with the process.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)For DOMA the courts ended it with Obama's help (his administration declined to defend it) ... for DADT, it was a combination ... Obama obtained an agreement with Congress on some basic conditions for full repeal, and at the same time, the courts also agreed with repeal.
Bottom line, as you note ... executive action would have interfered with the process in both cases.
Which is why any executive action needs to be considered before used.