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To: jazusamo

IIRC, there are established procedures for Members of Congress to challenge EOs.

Anyone else recall this, or am I having a false memory?


32 posted on 04/20/2011 3:44:05 PM PDT by savedbygrace (But God.)
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To: savedbygrace

A two-thirds vote of both houses


38 posted on 04/20/2011 3:54:45 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (I am still looking for that box I am supposed to think out of.)
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To: savedbygrace

I honestly don’t know but there should be.


40 posted on 04/20/2011 3:55:41 PM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: savedbygrace

Executive Orders can be challenged in court, usually on the grounds that the Order deviates from “congressional intent” or exceeds the President’s constitutional powers. In one such notable instance, President Harry Truman, was rebuked by the Supreme Court for overstepping the bounds of presidential authority. After World War II, Truman seized control of steel mills across the nation in an effort to settle labor disputes. In response to a challenge of this action, the Supreme Court ruled that the seizure was unconstitutional and exceeded presidential powers because neither the Constitution or any statute authorized the President to seize private businesses to settle labor disputes. For the most part, however, the Court has been fairly tolerant of wide range of executive actions.


65 posted on 04/20/2011 5:35:16 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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