I agree Perry made a mistake in using an EO for this vaccine, especially on such a short time frame. If he believed in it, he should have used leadership to put it in place like was done with the previous vaccines.
That said, I see Executive Orders as part of the checks and balances within our three tiered government. As the Texas Legislation showed, the EO wasn't without its own check and balance.
Not all executive orders are a bad thing. Some have been used rather effectively for conservative policy.
Dick Cheney was on a show last week talking about EO’s.
They have a purpose if used as they were intended.
This is not one of them. They shouldn’t be used to bypass the will of the legislature. I don’t care about Perry’s description of “good intent”.
Democrats use that canard to justify just about everything they do.