A presidential finding is distinct from an executive order. The former spells out the president’s understanding of what his duty requires. The second instructs those under his authority in what they must do to carry out the law.
No, I don’t believe in an imperial presidency. I believe that every officer of government must do the first thing that the founders of this republic said government is for: to equally protect the God-given, unalienable right to life of the individual person.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men...”
Do you see that 0bama could shut down the death penalty in any State where it is part of the judicial process under the same illogical ‘the ends justify the means’ proviso that you outline?
Your understanding of the Constitution and the limited and enumerated powers granted under it is obviously very limited.