"The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill
No small stretch there.
One could argue...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_ProclamationThe Emancipation Proclamation is an order issued to all segments of the Executive branch (including the Army and Navy) of the United States by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War. It was based on the president's constitutional authority as commander in chief of the armed forces; it was not a law passed by Congress.
Based on the above it's unlikely he had the authority to free the slaves in states that were not in rebellion.
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Originally Posted by ConHog
Didn't an executive order in fact free the northern slaves? Tyr hates executive orders ERGO Tyr wants to return us to the days of slavery.
She hates me saying her name but her point is valid.I never heard that. I've heard some try to claim that the Emancipation Proclamation was an EO, which it wasn't, but even with that, it only 'freed' the slaves in the areas the Union didn't control. Please, a link to what you are referring to.
An EO applies only to federal employees as controlled by the one branch, the executive.
Many government workers do not work for Obama so they are exempt I believe.
For instance. Say he issues an executive order to your congressmans employees. I can't imagine such an order would stand the test of what prsidents can do.
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you are correct sir, and under who's authority does the military lie? Oops that's right, the executive branch.
want another example of an executive order applying to the military??
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/burghardt4.1.1.html
even half in the tank..................... eh never mind.
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That's a bad ConHog. Bad.
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