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  The Use and Abuse of Executive Orders and Other Presidential Directives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Executive orders also have been used to direct foreign policy since the presidency of George Washington, when he issued a proclamation in 1793 stating that the United States would be "friendly and impartial toward the belligerent powers" of Britain and France.
A signing statement ordering all executive branch officials not to enforce a particular provision in the statute because it is unconstitutional would have the same effect as a signing statement in the form of a proclamation to all concerned that the President believes a particular provision to be null and void.
Executive orders and presidential proclamations are the forms most frequently used by Presidents to convey important decisions that affect the general public.
www.heritage.org /Research/LegalIssues/LM2.cfm   (11726 words)

  
 State of New Jersey - Executive Orders
Orders and directs the flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Saturday, March 25, 2006, in recognition of the life and in mourning of the passing of U.S. Army SPC Carlos Gonzalez.
Orders and directs the flag of the United States of America and the flag of the State of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Wednesday, October 26, 2005, in recognition and mourning of the passing of Assemblyman Tucker.
Orders and directs the flag of the United States of America and the flag of the State of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Tuesday, November 1, 2005, in recognition and mourning of the passing of Rosa Parks.
www.state.nj.us /infobank/circular/eoindex.htm   (5097 words)

  
 Executive Orders Issued by President George W. Bush
Executive Order: Amendments to Executive Orders 11030, 13279, 13339, 13381, and 13389, and Revocation of Executive Order 13011
Executive Order: Amending Executive Orders 12139 and 12949 in Light of Establishment of the Office of Director of National Intelligence
Executive Order: Termination of Emergency Declared in Executive Order 12543 With Respect to the Policies and Actions of the Government of Libya and Revocation of Related Executive Orders
www.whitehouse.gov /news/orders   (1844 words)

  
 Executive Orders - SourceWatch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Executive Orders (EO)s are decrees that are issued by the President of the United States and which carry the force of law when activated by a president.
Executive Order 12600 by which companies are granted potential veto power over Freedom of Information Act requests for copies of their contracts with the U.S. government.
Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003 by which George W. Bush protects the interests of the Development Fund for Iraq and the petroleum industry as a threat of "national emergency".
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Executive_Orders   (670 words)

  
 FEMA  Executive Orders
Executive Order Number 12148 created the Federal Emergency Management Agency that is to interface with the Department of Defense for civil defense planning and funding.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004 allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310 grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President.
www.theforbiddenknowledge.com /hardtruth/fema_executive_orders.htm   (2691 words)

  
 Governor Ted Kulongoski Executive Orders
Executive Order 06-16: Determination of a State of Emergency in Clatsop, Clackamas, Columbia, Hood River, Multnomah, Lincoln, Tillamook, Lane and Washington Counties due to Heavy Rain and Flooding (pdf)
Executive Order 06-15: Determination of a State of Emergency in Tillamook County due to Heavy Rain and Flooding (pdf)
Executive Order 06-06: Determination of a State Emergency in Tillamook, Lincoln, Coos and Curry Counties and Coastal Portions of Lane and Douglas Counties Due to Klamath River Basin Conditions and limitations on Ocean Commercial and Sport Salmon Fishing (pdf)
governor.oregon.gov /Gov/exec_orders.shtml   (431 words)

  
 ThisNation.com--What is an Executive Order?
Executive Orders (EOs) are legally binding orders given by the President, acting as the head of the Executive Branch, to Federal Administrative Agencies.
Executive Orders are generally used to direct federal agencies and officials in their execution of congressionally established laws or policies.
Orders were retroactively numbered going back to 1862 when President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus and issued the Emancipation Proclamation by Executive Order.
www.thisnation.com /question/040.html   (1097 words)

  
 The University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law
Orders issued between 1789 and 1862 are unnumbered and are referred to as "unnumbered executive orders."
Executive orders and proclamations may be accessed in the subject index for each annual edition of Title 3.
Executive orders and proclamations are indexed by subject, name, organization, geographic area, and date of issue.
www.law.ufl.edu /lic/guides/federal/orders.shtml   (1492 words)

  
 EPA > Wetlands > Laws > Executive Orders
Executive Order 11988: Floodplain Management - an order given by President Carter in 1977 to avoid the adverse impacts associated with the occupancy and modification of floodplains.
Executive Order 11990: Protection of Wetlands - an order given by President Carter in 1977 to avoid the adverse impacts associated with the destruction or modification of wetlands.
Executive Order 12630: Government Actions and Interference with Constitutionally Protected Property Rights - an order given by President Reagan in 1988 directing the agencies to carefully evaluate the effect of their administrative, regulatory, and legislative actions on constitutionally protected property rights.
www.epa.gov /owow/wetlands/regs/eo.html   (213 words)

  
 What's Really Going On? Executive Orders - Edicts From a Presidential Throne: Part 2 - James Hirsen - Koinonia House
In Part One last month, we focused on the history of executive orders and the potential for abuse when these instruments are used to illegitimately further the international agenda expressed in UN treaties.
This month, we will look at how executive orders may be used to increase presidential authority, thus enabling a president to legislate during periods of what he or she may deem to be a national emergency.  The possibility for corruption within this realm cannot be overstated.
Many of the executive orders in this area grant a significant degree of delegated emergency power to divisions of the executive branch.  These powers are centered in an agency of the federal government known as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).  FEMA itself came into existence by means of an executive order.
www.khouse.org /articles/1999/235   (1641 words)

  
 Publications-Executive Orders
Executive Orders are filed in the Division of Publications of the office of the Secretary of State.
An order establishing the policy of the state of Tennessee with respect to state employees that are members of the Reserve or National Guard and have been called to full time military duty by the president of the United States in response to the events of September 11, 2001 and continuing to this date
To obtain a faxed or mailed copy of an executive order (copies are not available to be sent via e-mail), contact the Division of Publications at 615-741-2650.
www.state.tn.us /sos/pub/execorders/index.htm   (774 words)

  
 Executive order - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An executive order is an edict issued by a member of the executive branch of a government, usually the head of that branch.
Most executive orders are orders issued by the President to United States executive officers to help direct their operation, the result of failing to comply being removal from office.
Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 that Executive Order 10340 from President Harry S. Truman placing all steel mills in the country under federal control was invalid because it attempted to make law, rather than clarify or act to further a law put forth by the Congress or the Constitution.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Executive_order   (776 words)

  
 Clinton's Executive Orders
In the past, presidents have used executive orders in order to move the executive branch of government in a particular direction.
Presidents have used executive orders to close banks during the Depression, desegregate the armed forces, intern Japanese-Americans during World War II, protect endangered species, and ban assassination of foreign leaders.
Many of President Clinton's executive orders which are not tied to administrative regulations can be undone by the stroke of President Bush's pen.
www.leaderu.com /orgs/probe/docs/c-execorders.html   (926 words)

  
 Executive Orders
The Cato Institute study co-authored by Bill Olson, "Executive Orders and National Emergencies: How Presidents Have Come to 'Run the Country' by Usurping Legislative Power," was referenced in a presentation celebrating Constitution Day at Truman State University.
The executive order study, co-authored by Bill Olson, was cited in the statement of Morton Rosenberg, Congressional Research Service, before the House Subcommittee on Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations, Committee on Government Reform, concerning H.R. 4187, The Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2002.
The topic of the hearing was "The Impact of Executive Orders on the Legislative Process: Executive Lawmaking?" Bill Olson also submitted answers to questions before the House Rules Committee's Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process.
www.lawandfreedom.com /site/executive/index.html   (866 words)

  
 Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan :: MOSL :: Reference Services Governor's Executive Orders
Executive Orders are issued to direct the offices of the executive branch in some manner.
They are numbered by a two digit year followed by the specific number of the order, such as 95-03.
Official copies of Executive Orders can be requested from the Missouri Secretary of State, Commissions, 600 W. Main, Jefferson City, MO 65101.
www.sos.mo.gov /library/reference/orders/default.asp   (123 words)

  
 Executive Orders
Executive Orders might seem to be the case of absolute power, but if any President decides to truly flex his muscles, there is a distinct possibility that he (or she) could blow the whole con, and would not be obeyed by critical elements in the federal and/or State governments (i.e.
(The sheer number of Executive Orders should give you pause, not to mention the lack of media attention to this fact!) Clinton’s latest scandal, his #12919, gathered together into a single document all the power and authority of a multitude of Executive Orders issued by preceding presidents from John Kennedy until 1994.
The result of this particular Executive Order in consolidating previous presidential orders was to deliver unprecedented authority into the hands of the Chief Executive -- powers that far exceed those powers granted him under the U.S. Constitution.
www.halexandria.org /dward287.htm   (1594 words)

  
 Executive Orders
Executive Order 13397 created a new Center for Faith-Based & Community Initiatives at the Department of Homeland Security on March 7, 2006.
Executive Order 13279 requires equal protection for faith-based and community organizations as of December 12, 2002.
Executive Order 13342 created three new Centers for Faith-Based & Community Initiatives at the Departments of Commerce and Veterans Affairs and the Small Business Administration on June 1, 2004.
www.whitehouse.gov /government/fbci/executive-orders.html   (144 words)

  
 Unconstitutional Executive Orders
Clinton has signed an average of about one executive order or other policy-making declaration a week, or 450 in all, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
Clinton to justify his executive orders to Congress or win subsequent approval from lawmakers have also stalled.
Executive orders were never intended to be used as imperial orders.
www.conservativeusa.org /exec-order.htm   (4901 words)

  
 NEPAnet Executive Orders
Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations (11 February 1994)
Executive Order 12873 - Federal Acquisition, Recycling and Waste Prevention (20 October 1993) -- revoked by Executive Order 13101
Executive Order 11514, Protection and Enhancement of Environmental Quality (3/1970) as amended by Executive Order 11991 (24 May 1977)
ceq.eh.doe.gov /nepa/regs/executiveorders.htm   (564 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Executive Orders (Jack Ryan Novels): Books: Tom Clancy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In EXECUTIVE ORDERS, Tom Clancy continues the saga of Jack Ryan in a novel that is so long (1,358 pages) that its length becomes a subtext.
Historically, when any novel exceeds 1,000 pages, the author can use this length either to present a multiple point of view that aids the reader is getting involved (a good thing) or uses that length to present any and all nuances that can impede reader interest (a bad thing).
In EXECUTIVE ORDERS, Clancy takes a middle course, but one that leans overly close to the latter.
www.amazon.com /Executive-Orders-Jack-Ryan-Novels/dp/0425158632   (1950 words)

  
 Office of Governor Tom Vilsack and Lt. Governor Sally Pederson
Ordered all state agencies with rule-making authority to adopt the
Order Thirty One, for an effective across the board cut of 2.25 %.
Ordered the Institute for Tomorrow’s Workforce to propose a
www.governor.state.ia.us /legal/index.html   (644 words)

  
 Executive Orders
Executive orders are official documents, numbered consecutively, through which the President of the United States manages the operations of the Federal Government.
The text of Executive orders appears in the daily Federal Register as each Executive order is signed by the President and received by the Office of the Federal Register.
The text of Executive orders beginning with Executive Order 7316 of March 13, 1936, also appears in the sequential editions of Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
www.fas.org /irp/offdocs/eo/index.html   (831 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register Environmental Documents: Executive Orders
Executive Order 13132--Presidential Documents of August 4, 1999.
Revokes and replaces Executive Orders 12612, Federalism and 12875, Enhancing the Intergovernmental Partnership.
Executive Order 12898 - Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Population and Low-Income Populations
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/eo/index.html   (250 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Executive Orders: Books: Tom Clancy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Executive Orders sees Jack Ryan take office as President of the United States of America.
"Executive Orders" is Tom Clancy's follow up to his best selling novel "Debt of Honor" and begins moments after the ending of the previous novel.
While not intending to be, Tom Clancy was very prophetic in writing about the events that led up to "Executive Orders".
www.amazon.co.uk /Executive-Orders-Tom-Clancy/dp/0006479758   (1945 words)

  
 GRANHOLM - Governor Granholm Executive Orders
The Michigan Constitution of 1963 vests the executive power of the state in the Governor.
Executive orders may reorganize agencies within the executive branch of state government, reassign functions among executive branch agencies, establish an advisory body, commission, or task force, regulate conduct within the executive branch of state government, or proclaim or end an emergency.
Once signed by the Governor, executive orders are filed with the Secretary of State, where the orders are sealed and retained by the Office of the Great Seal.
www.michigan.gov /gov/0,1607,7-168-21975---,00.html   (513 words)

  
 Governor Baldacci: News: Executive Orders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
An Order Amending the Order Establishing the Governor’s Advisory Council on the Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence and the Prosecution of Related Crimes in Maine 7/6/04
Order Establishing the Working Group to Identify and Prioritize Options to Resolve Inequities in the Retirement Benefits of State Employees and Teachers 9/26/2003
Order Establishing the Task Force on Increasing Efficiency and Equity in the Use of K-12 Education 2/5/2003
www.maine.gov /governor/baldacci/news/executive-orders   (1096 words)

  
 Massachusetts Executive Orders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
For more information on Executive Orders, see the State Library's What Are the Executive Orders?
and Legislative Research Council Report Relative to Gubernatorial Executive Orders (House Report No. 6557, 1981).
The Governor's Office is the official source for Executive Orders.
www.lawlib.state.ma.us /execorders.html   (62 words)

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