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08/06/07 9:22 AM

#283823 RE: SamIam #283822

For a better description of the nature and history of executive orders as well as the remedies for Congress should it believe that an Executive Order oversteps the president's authority:

http://www.thisnation.com/question/040.html

Note that Truman's order to seize steel mills was overturned by the courts. Most of the thousands of executive orders issued by every President who has served, are not challenged., but note that congress has two remedies available to it.
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easymoney101

08/06/07 3:55 PM

#283860 RE: SamIam #283822

Marbury vs. Madison "Marbury VS Madison" 5 US 137, 174, 176 (1803); "ANY laws repugnant to the constitution are void".