tulsamal
Member
The President can only sign an Executive Order which lays out how they want some current law enforced. So we had Presidents in the past declaring that such and such gun was not "sporting" and therefore not importable. But the law was already there and in place. They are just re-defining the boundries. (And the President does have some special powers regarding foreign policy.) A President can no more "make a law by decree" than Congress can. Otherwise there are quite a few things Bush would like to see be law that he would be sending out Executive Orders on. And I guess that would be the end of our style of democracy! Congress has to pass it. Both houses. Same bill. The President has to sign it. And the courts have to agree that it is constitutional. That's the way the system works. Happily enough, the whole checks and balances thing keeps a President from being able to do things like that. It would be great if it was a bill you wanted to see be law but not much fun if you were against it.
Gregg