Quote Originally Posted by skp2bear View Post
Please remember that most of the trouble this country is in came from Congress who enacts the laws.
Presidents can only make proposals. Nowadays it seems like many of those in Congress only do what increases their own wealth and power.

The flaw in this belief is that the president can make an immediate law by issuing either a directive or an executive order. These basically bypass the checks and balances written into the constitution and have the full force and effect of a law. The constitution originally set up controls where one branch of the government can overrule another by following its normal procedure. EO's and directives basically work outside of those procedures.

Very, very bad thing if used unwisely. I'm not even sure if a court can overrule an executive order, I need to research this more.