Steve Greenhut on Facebook…
“Yes, it’s now obvious (wasn’t it always?) that both Republicans and Democrats love executive orders. They just differ over which ones they love and which ones upset them. By loving executive orders, it means they relish the idea of the supreme leader issuing edicts. That dispenses with the slow, annoying and oftentimes corrupt system of legislation, courts, separation of powers, etc. Your guy simply hands down laws from above. You applaud — or you scream. It’s the perfect system of government, provided a dictator you love always is in power, and you’re never on the receiving end of any of it and don’t need to rely on those fussy old checks and balances to protect your life or property. But other than that … (And, yes, I know that some executive orders are legal and others aren’t and the illegal ones are the real problem. But I’m referring here to the tendency of people to just love presidential edicts.)”