A Bill versus Executive Order

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution tells us that only Congress has all of the federal legislative powers granted by the States.  Legislative powers are the authority to make law, modify law, and repeal law.  An executive order is only supposed to be for proclamations and internal rule changes in the executive branch. I really don't care who has issued the most executive orders.  In the case of Barack Obama, it is not about how many, but what he has used them for.  For example, Obama has used executive orders more than 45 times to modify the Affordable Care Act, and since legislative powers do not belong to the President, each one of those executive orders are unconstitutional.  Obama's executive amnesty, decreed in November of 2014 is another example of an illegal executive order.

I think Saturday Night Live caught the reality of it all best with their version of Schoolhouse Rock's "I am only a bill. . ."




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