I'd disagree to some extent. EO was more a "policy" document but has expanded to some extent to include interpretations of laws, etc.Moliere wrote:Isn't that the point of Executive Orders? The modern day President is all about ignoring laws.msduncan wrote:They don't care that this administration ignores the laws on the books at their discretion.
Anyway I think the "lawless Obama administration" card is mostly bluster. Bush (and every other President in American history) selectively enforced the law too to some extent. Every administration is going to prioritize different things, etc. knowing that resources are limited and that targeting 100% compliance with law/policy is unrealistic. It is not possible in most small organizations much less the United States government. Plus it is basically impossible to measure and examples are easy to find or twist or tease out of different people's interpretations. In my opinion to make it stick you need to find big examples and quantify them -- compared consistently with past practice. We never ever see that because it is hard to do and it is cheap and easy just to complain. Enough complaining and suddenly there is a pattern of misconduct based solely on the complaining.