Correct me if I am wrong but EO’s do not override or change the law. HCR would be the law, right?
Right!
That is my understanding. I remember years ago Reagan refused to fund and enforce laws but they remained the law. An executive order does not repeal or veto a bill.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2476086/posts
Boehner: “Pro-Life” Democrats Can’t Hide Behind an Executive Order
Rec’d via e-mail | Sunday, March 21, 2010 | John Boehner
Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2010 12:10:31 PM by kristinn
GOP Leader: “Make no mistake, a ‘yes’ vote on the Democrats’ health care bill is a vote for taxpayer-funded abortions.”
WASHINGTON, DC – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement on a potential Executive Order from the White House on abortion:
“The law of the land trumps any Executive Order, which can be reversed or altered at the stroke of a pen by this or any subsequent President without any congressional approval or notice. Moreover, while an Executive Order can direct members of the executive branch, it cannot direct the private sector.
“Because of Roe v. Wade, courts have interpreted the decision as a statutory mandate that the government must provide federal funding for elective abortion in through federal programs. In other words, no Executive Order or regulation can override a statutory mandate unless Congress passes a law that prohibits federal funding from being used in this manner. Legal experts at the US Catholic Conference of Bishops, National Right to Life Committee, Americans United for Life, and Family Research Council have confirmed this view that if the Senate bill is signed into law, it is a statutory mandate for the new health plans to include federal funding of elective abortion. The need for an Executive Order is evidence that this is true, and Congressional Democrats know it. Make no mistake, a ‘yes’ vote on the Democrats’ health care bill is a vote for taxpayer-funded abortions.”
Exactly. IF the Liberal Messiah signs such an EO, Planned Parenthood and NARAL will be in federal court in minutes. The Stupak Gang has been suckered.
That is also my understanding. An EO is a stand-alone.
And .. I was just listening to Mike Pence confirm it .. He said that an EO cannot alter or amend a STANDING LAW .. which the Hyde Amendment is.
So .. Stupak has been “punked” by the President!!
true
You question an edict of The One? Based on what, the Constitution?
Obama won't care when this EO is ignored, his people will do the ignoring, or overturned.
This executive order appears to do nothing more than re-affirm the language of the bill itself and enforce the separate payment and segregation of funds requirements that are in the bill. It doesn’t attempt at all to override or change the law that will (presumably) be passed by Congress.
Frankly, if this Executive Order is enough to win over Stupak, then I have no idea what his objection to the bill itself was.
That is correct, except we are now in a dictatorship, so this is meaningless. Watch the stock market tomorrow, down at least 3-400 maybe more....