Executive Orders

[Quetzal]

Trump has signed several already and is set to sign several more regarding immigration. What is your opinion on executive orders? Thoughts? Ideas?

 

[Scuba Pete]

They're legal, but not all of his are ethical.

 

[Quetzal]

As for me, I am not a fan of them. They allow the president to make unilateral decisions with circumvents our checks and balances.

 

[David1967]

If the president signs an order I like, then I'm for it. If he signs one I don't, then I cry foul. Not very useful I know, but its honest. Executive orders can be pretty scary though.

 

[Nietzsche]

Where are all those on the Right who never wasted a moment to decry Obama's use of executive orders as tyrannical and un-American? They are strangely silent, it would seem.

 

[Neo Deist]

Where are all those on the Right who never wasted a moment to decry Obama's use of executive orders as tyrannical and un-American? They are strangely silent, it would seem.

At work instead of trolling a message board?

My excuse is that I ate Waffle House last night and I am in a living Hell. I took off...

 

[Quetzal]

My excuse is that I ate Waffle House last night and I am in a living Hell. I took off...

IHop, brother. IHop.

 

[The Emperor of Mankind]

At work instead of trolling a message board?

Interesting use of the term 'trolling' you have there...

 

[Nietzsche]

At work instead of trolling a message board?

Strange, they seemed to have plenty of time to do it when Obama was in office. Fascinating that they all magically found jobs literally less than a week into Trump's Presidency.

 

[Neo Deist]

Strange, they seemed to have plenty of time to do it when Obama was in office. Fascinating that they all magically found jobs literally less than a week into Trump's Presidency.

Well he did say he was bringing jobs back!

 

[Scuba Pete]

Here's one that's really a hot potato: Trump Owns Stake In Hotly Disputed $3.8 Billion Oil Pipeline, Conflict Of Interest Looms

Another Border Conflict for Trump

This is a real problem. Komrade Trumpsky appears to be involved in another Haliburtonish conflict of interest.

 

[Quetzal]

Well he did say he was bringing jobs back!

Stop making jokes! I can be the only one that makes jokes! My jokes are the best, ask anyone! They are yuuuuge.

 

[Sunstone]

Trump is just getting warmed up. What's coming down the pike will make this stuff seem like chicken****.

 

[allfoak]

Trump has signed several already and is set to sign several more regarding immigration. What is your opinion on executive orders? Thoughts? Ideas?

Executive orders are a wartime privilege.

 

[Revoltingest]

As for me, I am not a fan of them. They allow the president to make unilateral decisions with circumvents our checks and balances.

They've been too fast & furious for me to consider them.
Generally, I'm OK with those which don't usurp legislative or court powers.

 

[David1967]

They've been too fast & furious for me to consider them.
Generally, I'm OK with those which don't usurp legislative or court powers.

But (correct me if I'm wrong), isn't that usually what a president uses them for? To get things done that otherwise he couldn't?

 

[esmith]

I agree with the @Revoltingest . As long as the Executive Order does not usurp Congressional responsibility for the action.

 

[Spiderman]

Well he did say he was bringing jobs back!

aaahahaha!

 

[Revoltingest]

But (correct me if I'm wrong), isn't that usually what a president uses them for? To get things done that otherwise he couldn't?

No, Congress will even delegate this power in order to implement legislation.
Executive order - Wikipedia

 

[Quintessence]

Trump is just getting warmed up. What's coming down the pike will make this stuff seem like chicken****.

Yes, and that's what worries me.

With the censorship this $#@% just imposed on the EPA, I really have no idea what I'm going to tell my students interested in environmental and conservation issues. There was an E-mail that circulated around our department prior to inauguration about scientists banding together to preserve data in case of this sort of censorship and erasure. The department chair was hoping it was unnecessarily alarmist, and a "just in case" measure. It seems more and more likely this will not be a "just in case" measure.