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and that such laws and rules be established as to say when the POUTS can and will use it. To me this is just to vague to be left as is and it gets worse
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IN TIME OF WAR
Many of the fears of the founding fathers may now be coming to fruition. Today, the executive branch of the government is immensely powerful, much more powerful than the founding fathers had envisioned or wanted. Congressional legislative powers have been usurped. There is no greater example of that usurpation than in the form of the Presidential Executive Order. The process totally by-passes Congressional legislative authority and places in the hands of the President almost unilateral power. The Executive Order governs everything from the Flag Code of the United States to the ability to single-handedly declare Martial Law. Presidents have used the Executive Order in times of emergencies to override the Constitution of the United States and the Congress.
THE NEW DANGERS
A Presidential Executive Order, whether Constitutional or not, becomes law simply by its publication in the Federal Registry. Congress is by-passed. Here are just a few Executive Orders that would suspend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. These Executive Orders have been on record for nearly 30 years and could be enacted by the stroke of a Presidential pen:
* EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990 allows the government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports.
* EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995 allows the government to seize and control the communication media.
* EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997 allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals.
* EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998 allows the government to take over all food resources and farms.
* EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000 allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision.
* EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001 allows the government to take over all health, education and welfare functions.
* EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002 designates the Postmaster General to operate a national registration of all persons.
* EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003 allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft.
* EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004 allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations.
* EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005 allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways and public storage facilities.
* EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051 specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis.
* EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310 grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President
the above is from the link and if your wondering how old it is Copyright FreeAmerica and Harry V. Martin, 1995edit on 3-3-2011 by bekod because: word corection and added info
Executive Order 10990
Reestablishing the Federal Safety Council
Signed: February 2, 1962
Federal Register page and date: 27 FR 1065, February 6, 1962
Revokes: EO 10194, December 19, 1950
Superseded by: EO 11612, July 26, 1971
Executive Order 10995
Assigning telecommunications management functions
Signed: February 16, 1962
Federal Register page and date: 27 FR 1519, February 20, 1962
Revokes: EO 10460, June 16, 1953
Amends: EO 10695-A (not published); EO 10705, April 17, 1957
See: EO 11051, September 27, 1962
Amended by: EO 11084, February 15, 1963
Revoked by: EO 11556, September 4, 1970
Executive Order 10997
Assigning emergency preparedness functions to the Secretary of the Interior
Signed: February 16, 1962
Federal Register page and date: 27 FR 1522, February 20, 1962
See: EO 10952, July 20, 1961
Revoked by: EO 11490, October 28, 1969
Executive Order 10998
Assigning emergency preparedness functions to the Secretary of Agriculture
Signed: February 16, 1962
Federal Register page and date: 27 FR 1524, February 20, 1962
See: EO 10952, July 20, 1961; FR Doc. 62-9459, 27 FR 9418
Revoked by: EO 11490, October 28, 1969
Executive Order 11000
Assigning emergency preparedness functions to the Secretary of Labor
Signed: February 16, 1962
Federal Register page and date: 27 FR 1532, February 20, 1962
See: EO 10952, July 20, 1961
Revoked by: EO 11490, October 28, 1969
Executive Order 11001
Assigning emergency preparedness functions to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Signed: February 16, 1962
Federal Register page and date: 27 FR 1534; February 20, 1962
See: EO 10952, July 20, 1961
Revoked by: EO 11490, October 28, 1969
Executive Order 11002
Assigning emergency preparedness functions to the Postmaster General
Signed: February 16, 1962
Federal Register page and date: 27 FR 1539; February 20, 1962
See: EO 10952, July 20, 1961
Revoked by: EO 11490, October 28, 1969
Executive Order 11003
Assigning emergency preparedness functions to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency
Signed: February 16, 1962
Federal Register page and date: 27 FR 1540; February 20, 1962
See: EO 10952, July 20, 1961; FR Doc. 63-3328, 28 FR 3125
Revoked by: EO 11490, October 28, 1969
Executive Order 11004
Assigning certain emergency preparedness functions to the Housing and Home Finance Administrator
Signed: February 16, 1962
Federal Register page and date: 27 FR 1542; February 20, 1962
See: EO 10952, July 20, 1961
Revoked by: EO 11490, October 28, 1969
Executive Order 11005
Assigning emergency preparedness functions to the Interstate Commerce Commission
Signed: February 16, 1962
Federal Register page and date: 27 FR 1544; February 20, 1962
See: EO 10952, July 20, 1961
Revoked by: EO 11490, October 28, 1969
Executive Order 11051
Prescribing responsibilities of the Office of Emergency Planning in the Executive Office of the President
Signed: September 27, 1962
Federal Register page and date: 27 FR 9683; October 2, 1962
Amends: Proc. 3279, March 10, 1959; EO 10242, May 8, 1951; EO 10260, June 27, 1951; EO 10296, October 2, 1951; EO 10312, December 10, 1951; EO 10346, April 17, 1952; EO 10421, December 31, 1952; EO 10427, January 16, 1953; EO 10480, August 14, 1953; EO 10494, October 14, 1953; EO 10529, April 22, 1954; EO 10582, December 17, 1954; EO 10601, March 21, 1955; EO 10634, August 25, 1955; EO 10660, February 15, 1956; EO 10705, April 17, 1957; EO 10737, October 29, 1957; EO 10789, November 14, 1958; EO 10900, January 5, 1961; EO 10952, July 20, 1961; EO 10958, August 14, 1961
Revokes: EO 9981, July 26, 1948; EO 10219, February 28, 1951; EO 10269, July 6, 1951; EO 10438, March 13, 1953; EO 10461, June 17, 1953; EO 10524, March 31, 1954; EO 10539, June 22, 1954; EO 10638, October 10, 1955; EO 10773, July 1, 1958; EO 10782, September 6, 1958; EO 10902, January 9, 1961
Amended by: EO 11075, January 15, 1963; EO 11556, September 4, 1970; EO 12046, March 27, 1978
Revoked in part by: EO 11725, June 27, 1973
Revoked by: EO 12148, July 20, 1979
See: EO 10995, February 16, 1962; EO 11030, June 19, 1962; Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958; Memorandum of February 9, 1962; EO 11610, July 22, 1971; EO 11725, June 27, 1973
NOTE: See Public Law 94-412 (90 Stat. 1255; 50 U.S.C. 1601), which terminates, effective September 14, 1978, all powers and authorities, except those expressly cited, possessed by the President and/or other Federal officials as a result of any declaration of a national emergency in effect on September 14, 1976
Executive Order 11310
Assigning emergency preparedness functions to the Attorney General
Signed: October 11, 1966
Federal Register page and date: 31 FR 13199; October 13, 1966
Revoked by: EO 11490, October 28, 1969