An executive order and an executive action are two very different things.
An executive order is documented, signed and put in place.
An executive action is different and usually takes the form of a verbal directive given by the president. At worst, there is no documentation or paper trail so it makes any subsequent legal action to reverse it very difficult...if not irreversible. This is what Obama/Jarrett are counting on.
Later post:
Attorney General Lynch a few days ago made some comment about making the “changes” permanent so impossible to go back. But, I can’t find where media picked up on this ...
http://www.wnd.com/2016/01/u-s-attorney-general-to-institutionalize-obama-gun-laws/
“Munoz, a former executive with the National Council of La Raza, said it was her job “to make sure we build this really into the DNA across the federal bureaucracy, at a leadership level, but much more importantly to make sure that when political appointees like me are no longer here this (immigration strategy) is built into what those agencies do and think about every day.”
Munoz said it was important for all 18 federal agencies to standardize, set benchmarks and “measure successes,” ensuring states and localities create the desired “welcoming communities” for refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants of all types, including those not in the country legally.
Writing for Breitbart, Ben Shapiro, author of “The People vs. Barack Obama: The Criminal Case Against The Obama Administration,” said these efforts by Obama bureaucrats across the board offer a sobering backdrop for the next president, even if it should be Trump, Cruz or some other leading conservative.
“For all those who revel in the fact that there are 374 days until President Obama finally gets the hell out of the White House, a cautionary note: Obama and his colleagues are rigging the bureaucracy so that their unique brand of ‘hope and change’ extends far beyond their tenure,” Shapiro wrote.”
Could not this be reversed the same way? New directives? The policy changes could be ordered, the executives replaced?