Every President’s Executive Orders In One Chart

[liberal N proud]

President Obama is due to announce an executive action Thursday, one that will change the legal status of millions of immigrants and is likely to be remembered as a major effort to change the country’s immigration system. The action would reportedly allow up to 4 million undocumented immigrants legal work status, and an additional 1 million protection from deportation. It would be one of the most wide-reaching executive actions in history.

That has made Republicans furious. The New York Times has a good roundup of the reaction, including quotes from Sens. John Cornyn (“I believe his unilateral action, which is unconstitutional and illegal, will deeply harm our prospects for immigration reform”) and Tom Coburn (“The country’s going to go nuts, because they’re going to see it as a move outside the authority of the president, and it’s going to be a very serious situation”). The spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner has called the president “Emperor Obama,” implying that the executive action is an unlawful decree, and Sen. Ted Cruz said on Fox News that “the president is behaving in an unprecedented way.”

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http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/every-presidents-executive-actions-in-one-chart/

[still_one]

1. Don't talk facts, let the media twist the truth for the republicans for the last 6 years

[ctaylors6]

2. that's not really relevant to the issues

at hand, in my opinion. If someone wants to counter the Rs' argument about Obama overstepping authority, the number of executive orders is irrelevant. Instead look for prior EOs that are at least arguably not in furtherance of Congressional legislation or not solely within the President's constitutional powers.

[rustydog]

5. Wrong-o butch. you can't condemn Obama for his executive order over immigration

and remain silent of Reagan's and both Bush's like executive orders.

The GOP has come out saying this is anti-constitutional but IGNORE past presidents same maneuvers! pick and choose outrage is kinda like cafeteria Christian, you are choosing what to believe and be outraged about not on any boundary of honesty, civility, charity or humanity, it is political only. that is wrong.

[ctaylors6]

6. I didn't say anything about Bush & Reagan immigration orders

That chart simply shows the NUMBER of orders issued by past presidents. My point was simply that a chart like that using only the number of Executive Orders is not a relevant counter argument.

[Cha]

3. Mahalo liberal N proud.. now if our country only had a media that would point this out instead

of hiding it under the gd carpet.

[Vattel]

4. The number of executive orders is irrelevant.

Everyone agrees that a president can issue executive orders--assuming, that ism that they are within the scope of his or her authority.