Posted on 01/18/2009 9:02:39 AM PST by Polarik
Executive Orders (EOs) are legally binding orders given by the President, acting as the head of the Executive Branch, to Federal Administrative Agencies. Executive Orders are generally used to direct federal agencies and officials in their execution of congressionally established laws or policies. However, in many instances they have been used to guide agencies in directions contrary to congressional intent.
Not all EOs are created equal...[a] subset of Executive Orders are those concerned with national security or defense issues. These have generally been known as National Security Directives. Under the Clinton Administration, they have been termed "Presidential Decision Directives."
Executive Orders do not require Congressional approval to take effect but they have the same legal weight as laws passed by Congress. The President's source of authority to issue Executive Orders can be found in the Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution which grants to the President the "executive Power." Section 3 of Article II further directs the President to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed." To implement or execute the laws of the land, Presidents give direction and guidance to Executive Branch agencies and departments, often in the form of Executive Orders.
Controversy
Executive Orders are controversial because they allow the President to make major decisions, even law, without the consent of Congress. This, of course, runs against the general logic of the Constitution -- that no one should have power to act unilaterally. Nevertheless, Congress often gives the President considerable leeway in implementing and administering federal law and programs. Sometimes, Congress cannot agree exactly how to implement a law or program. In effect, this leaves the decision to the federal agencies involved and the President that stands at their head.
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First, thank you for the compliment. Now, here's the gist of what Obama said. He proclaimed a "new transparancy" to government in which he said that his office "will not hide things from public scutiny unless another agency directs him to do so."
In that spirit of openness, I'm going to send him and the DOJ a FOIA request regarding a few things that he has no reason not to reveal, in light of the public's concern, for which no governmental agency has staed that he needs to keep this information hidden from the public.
Good luck! How long do you think it will take Obama to instruct an agency to tell him not to reveal the information you request?
What is the current status of the actions focused on his citizenship? Have those all been shot down? Is there still any hope (of the real kind)?
They've only just begun. Now, everyone has standing and cause to file a lawsuit. Eventually, someone invovled in this fraud is going to cut a deal and start singing like a bird. Obama will be getting it from all sides. He can't dance that fast.
It is becoming more and more clear that the new president does not meet the constitutional qualifications for the job.
The supreme court has decided that all the court filings are moot because he is now president and can only be removed by the congress. The court refused to grant any delays to the election process or to schedule a hearing in a timely manner, so they passed on the issue. Given that the dems run both houses there will most likely be no investigation or impeachment and removal.
That leaves two venues in which to pursue the truth. Laws in the states requiring the secretaries of state to require each candidate prove their qualifications for the 2012 election and the search for truth for the historical record. Both of these goals are being pursued.
More circumstantial evidence.
1. On the day after the US election in November, the Kenyan ambassador to the US stated in an on-air interview with a Detroit radio station that Obama's birthplace is in Kenya, and that Kenya was going to make it a historical landmark site. Kenya probably realized soon after that following up on the ambassador's notion would be a bad idea, since acknowledging Kenyan birth would put Obama's presidential eligibility status under the US Constitution in serious jeopardy. They have been silent since.
His specific birth site in Kenya is believed to be a hospital in the coastal city of Mombasa.
2. No one in Honolulu has come forward to acknowledge or celebrate the fact that the president was born there. This is highly unusual. When past presidents have been elected, their birthplace, hometown, and other events and locations have been acknowledged as historical landmarks. No plaques have been erected, no one has come forward with testimonials, no public figure has made any proclamation regarding the president being born in Hawaii or anywhere in the states. In fact, the hospitals in Honolulu all indicate that they have no record of his birth there. The address claimed was occupied by the owners who were two college professors who were not familiar with Obamas family. However, Kenyan officials have proclaimed his birth in Kenya on several occasions.
3. On Monday evening, the PBS program Frontline ran a bio on Obama. They did not make any statement about where he was born.
The three biggest obstacles are the president himself who continues to refuse to open his records in Hawaii and Kenya, the failure of the state officials and judges to act, and the indifference of the majority of Americans fed by the blind media which fails to lead the demand for information. It is the height of irony and hypocrisy that Obama has taught classes in constitutional law and just took an oath to uphold the constitution.
I continue to believe that one of the biggest frauds in American history is taking place right out in the open. I am also convinced that the truth will come out and eventually be part of the historical record.
If you care about the constitution and truth, please write a letter to your senator, the president, and a major newspaper demanding that Obamas birth and school records be made public. Also, write to your state representative and ask them to introduce a bill requiring the secretary of state to do their job and verify the qualifications of all future candidates.
Right on.
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