Obama's known as a president who isn't shy on issuing
executive orders. Executive orders are essentially bills that don't have to go
through congress that have basically the same authority, though congress can
veto an executive order with enough support (or lack thereof depending on whose
side you're on). The advantages of executive orders are quite obvious- they get
past the intentional deadlock that is the United States Federal Government and
get things done. However, the question that's posed then is when is one of
these XO's justified? According to Judge Andrew Hanen , not this time. In a
case about Obama's recent immigration XO surpassing his authority, 26 states
collectively sued Obama in federal court. The Judge deemed that it was indeed
an overstepping of Obama's boundaries, which resulted in the program being
indefinitely paused. The outcome of this suit is that the upset states can now
continue on to sue further, to get the program shut down forever.
Do you think that Obama's XO was an acceptable usage of his
authority?
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