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>4(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.< >4(c) This order is not intended to, a
by charonn0 13y ago
>4(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.<
>4(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.<
(emphases mine)
Don't these provisions take the teeth out of the order?
- rayiner 13y agoRe: 4(c) Executive orders creating causes of action is a very hairy topic. In theory, executive orders are instructions by the President to the bureaucracy to guide the executive's exercise of discretion delegated by Congress. They are not laws and generally are not construed to affect the rights of third parties by creating causes of action. Re: 4(b), every action of the executive is subject to the availability of appropriations.
- forgotAgain 13y agoYeah. Just another Obama speech really. If I try I can picture him reading the order with emotion and moral righteousness. I was impressed five years ago.