[LouAvul]

I always understood that an Executive Order could only clarify existing law, not create new law (which bypasses the Legislature)?

The Supreme Court ruled in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 US 579 (1952) that Executive Order 10340 from President Harry S. Truman placing all steel mills in the country under federal control was invalid because it attempted to make law, rather than clarify or act to further a law put forth by the Congress or the Constitution. Presidents since this decision have generally been careful to cite which specific laws they are acting under when issuing new executive orders.

[ClearCase_guy]

In the New World Order, the following things are now true:

1) Spending bills originate in the Senate
2) Amendments to the Constitution are made through the Executive Order process

Did you not get the memo?