[old republic]

How did Perry get away with this? Executive orders can ONLY be issued in order to execute a valid law. What law did he use to justify this executive order? If he is just issuing arbitrary orders without enforcing an actual LAW, he is violating his oath of office and can expect his actions to be challenged in court. The governor is supposed to enforce the law, not make it.

[JeffAtlanta]

How did Perry get away with this? Executive orders can ONLY be issued in order to execute a valid law.

My guess is that Texas law gives the governor the power to modify the list of available vaccines given to school children. These sort of detailed items are usually not written into law but are under the authority of various agencies to administer.

[af_vet_rr]

How did Perry get away with this? Executive orders can ONLY be issued in order to execute a valid law. What law did he use to justify this executive order? If he is just issuing arbitrary orders without enforcing an actual LAW, he is violating his oath of office and can expect his actions to be challenged in court. The governor is supposed to enforce the law, not make it.

How did he get away with the Corridor, or with the various commissions he created that are pushing that taxpayer-funded, already-built roads are being turned into toll roads, or that he plans on selling the state lottery?

Perry is doing a lot of stuff that makes me wonder what Republicans would do were this Ann Richards instead.