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From: John Vots <jvots@**.KO.COM>
Subject: Executive Orders was Re: [SR3] Racism
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 17:04:42 -0400
>> Not to debate you, but where does it say that Dunkelzahn lived long
>> enough after his inauguration to change that law?
>>

>Since when can the President change laws. Only Congress can change or
>make laws. The President can issue excutive orders but they are not
>laws.
Actually an Executive Order has the force of Law. It is and always will be
a Law of the Land, the trick is it Technically only affects the Exectuive
Branch of the government or any Authority that draws it's power from the
Executive Office. FEMA is a good example of this, it was created by
Executive Order and it's power is derived from the Executive Office by
Executive Order. Congress can pass laws that affect the entire U.S.A. while
an Executive Order only affects that particular branch of Governmet and can
be struck down by Congress it seems to be done rarely (the striking down
that is, XO's are way to common).

Jester

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