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Lord Magus

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20. Executive orders don't work that way.

Reply to phazed0 (Reply #10)

Sun Jul 3, 2016, 08:36 PM

Jul 2016

The president can't just invent new powers for himself. He can't rule by decree. Any executive order has be based on the existing authority granted by the Constitution and the laws already on the books.

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