Presidential executive orders have a long history. Both Democratic and
Republican presidents exercise such commands. Are EO’s a privilege in law or are
they simply a technique to skirt passing a Congressional statute? The executive
branch adopts a pattern of rule that undermines the fundamental purpose of
separation of power. The historic result is that the legislature is relegated to
a junior collaborator in their partnership of crime. The bureaucracy has
developed into a full-fledged imperial juggernaut that has a life of its own.
Who started such an ill-conceived practice?
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