Originally Posted By: SanGorgonioHiker
The ultimate problem: Too much power in the executive branch! What would the framers of the constitution think of this? With the swipe of a pen the president signs off land, using his over-used 'executive power'

Talk radio and a particular news channel loves to misrepresent this, but luckily, history records the actual facts to set the record straight.

EOs have been going on since George Washington, so they are nothing surprising to the framers of constitution. The current President is nowhere near the top of the list in terms of total EOs or EOs per year.

Exective Orders - Washington to Obama