'Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kinda cool'

By Bob Unruh

Obama's executive orders more and more dispensing with Congress - Barack Obama has used executive orders to seal presidential records; create a faith council, an economic council, and a domestic policy council, a council on women and girls and dozens more; study bioethics, change pay grades, set up a team of governors to synchronize state and federal military operations in the U.S.; improve regulatory review; create a jobs council; set up immunity for Bosnia, revoke some earlier orders and talk about finances. ..... 

"In Article I Section I of the Constitution we learn that all legislative powers reside in Congress. The executive branch has the responsibility to execute the laws passed by Congress. An executive order is not legislation. It is an order issued by the president to enforce laws passed by Congress. This is backed by the declaration that the president ‘take care that the laws be faithfully executed’ made in Article II, Section 3, Clause 5. Thus, executive orders can only be used to carry out the will of Congress (which is only supposed to be passing laws in line with the Constitution), and not to issue new policy.”  Thompson agreed, but said that’s not the way reality has been playing out lately…….some of Obama’s orders appear to be flagrantly unconstitutional, but because it’s a presidential order, it is followed unless ][challenged] and wins……blueprints for the second term…….bypass Congress.   To Read More……….