[Meadow Muffin]

How about an Executavie Order to drill in Alaska, the Gulf and off california...then a program to build more refineries faster.......

[BenLurkin]

Bump that too.

[spokeshave]

"...then a program to build more refineries faster......."

And what happened to the program to fast track building new oil refineries on closed military bases......enquiring minds seek to know......?

[georgia2006]

if that was possible dont you think it would have hapened by now?

[old republic]

How about an Executavie Order to drill in Alaska, the Gulf and off california...then a program to build more refineries faster......

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That depends on what the law says about drilling. The President cannot issue Executive orders in direct contradiction to Constitutional laws. If the President uses Executive Orders to break the law, it could be construed as grounds for impeachment. We must remember that an executive order is an order issued to direct the Executive Department on how to execute the laws. Executive Orders are not supposed to legislate. In other words, as Activist judges are not supposed to legislate from the bench, neither are Presidents supposed to legislate from the Oval Office. It is wise to keep Separation of Powers in mind here.