tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105388822488188380.post5562922732069166985..comments2023-12-14T09:39:11.582-05:00Comments on Seagulls and Guns: On the Nature of Executive Powers.aepilot_jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11854001889452895184noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105388822488188380.post-4495439577276474142010-03-01T12:04:07.481-05:002010-03-01T12:04:07.481-05:00Option 4: About 3 million citizens show up in DC, ...Option 4: About 3 million citizens show up in DC, armed and angry, and forcibly remove the bastards from office and send them home crying.<br /><br />I'm just saying...Newbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09501998014769060130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105388822488188380.post-12989202613936293902010-02-16T18:46:06.112-05:002010-02-16T18:46:06.112-05:00Dammit Jay, quit stealing my lines... :-)Dammit Jay, quit stealing my lines... :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105388822488188380.post-78515324812143989302010-02-15T18:18:01.414-05:002010-02-15T18:18:01.414-05:00It's Bush's fault!It's Bush's fault!Jay Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11085873775096542015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105388822488188380.post-81976585800643945792010-02-15T17:20:51.436-05:002010-02-15T17:20:51.436-05:00You can thank Teddy Roosevelt for the proliferatio...You can thank Teddy Roosevelt for the proliferation of Executive Orders and Executive usurpation of powers.<br /><br />Up until Roosevelt's presidency, Presidents rarely used an Executive Order. And, when they did, they followed up with Congressional Approval in the form of legislation. I believe one earlier president did not receive congressional approval and was forced to rescind the executive order.<br /><br />Riding on his fame from the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt issued over 1000 executive orders, such as the one for the creation of several national parks. Roosevelt did get congressional approval for the parks and to get funding for them, but ignored congress on all the rest.<br /><br />From that point on, the Imperial Presidency grew.Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.com