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George W Bush vastly expanded the use of executive orders. Libs like myself complained about that to no end. Then Obama came in and did it even more! So yes,
by misterprime 7y ago
George W Bush vastly expanded the use of executive orders. Libs like myself complained about that to no end.
Then Obama came in and did it even more!
So yes, we've already seen this problem escalate from one president to the next. My history isn't deep enough know for sure, but it might even go back to the Vietnam Police Action. It wasn't a war since congress didn't authorize it you know.
Edit: Looks like I was bamboozled: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_executive_orders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_... thanks ambicapter.
- asark 7y ago> George W Bush vastly expanded the use of executive orders. Libs like myself complained about that to no end. > Then Obama came in and did it even more! What are you basing that on? How are you arriving at either 1) W expanding the use of executive orders, or 2) Obama doing it even more?
- ambicapter 7y agoI did some wikipedia'ing and it doesn't look like its based on reality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_executive_orders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_...
- misterprime 7y agoNews radio strikes again. Thanks for the correction.
- asark 7y agoSheer count's not everything. I thought maybe there was some other analysis that'd support the assertions (first thing I did was check that page, which certainly doesn't support them).