I ran across this article by chance. The government mechanism that could potentially be used to regulate a nationwide recreational activity caught my eye:
http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/saltwater/news/story?id=4975762
The article discusses the possibility that the president, by executive order, could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing the nation's oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters. I confess to not knowing the ins and outs of the legislative process, but, politics aside, to be able to do something so sweeping by executive fiat seems quite amazing. Of course, my next thought was, "Could an executive order be used to ban sport shooting, or hunting, or making a noise such as "bang?"
Perhaps I have not taken close enough notice of past executive orders. My question to the forum is: "Would the fishing prohibition, if it comes to pass, be an extraordinary use of the power of executive orders or is it not so unusal and is it possible that shooting could be affected in a similar manner?"
http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/saltwater/news/story?id=4975762
The article discusses the possibility that the president, by executive order, could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing the nation's oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters. I confess to not knowing the ins and outs of the legislative process, but, politics aside, to be able to do something so sweeping by executive fiat seems quite amazing. Of course, my next thought was, "Could an executive order be used to ban sport shooting, or hunting, or making a noise such as "bang?"
Perhaps I have not taken close enough notice of past executive orders. My question to the forum is: "Would the fishing prohibition, if it comes to pass, be an extraordinary use of the power of executive orders or is it not so unusal and is it possible that shooting could be affected in a similar manner?"