I did not go to the Presidency Project when this particular faux controversy came about; instead I went to the National Archive for source material.
Conservatives routinely, willingly, enthusiastically believe things which are not true, and which, in willful ignorance they do not fact check. They do not fact check, or do so badly - often cherry picking facts so as to misrepresent the truth - because the facts are not their friends, and because facts are the enemy of their endemic hysteria and systemic emotional thinking.
There is nothing, nothing whatsoever, in either quantity or content in the presidential orders, either issued or promised, that violates the Constitution or demonstrates abuse of executive power. But rather than look it up for themselves, the right wing propaganda machine screams, foams at the mouth, and writhes on the ground in a sad parody of a campy old style melodrama.
Here is what the web page for the national archive repository of executive orders displays:
Conservatives routinely, willingly, enthusiastically believe things which are not true, and which, in willful ignorance they do not fact check. They do not fact check, or do so badly - often cherry picking facts so as to misrepresent the truth - because the facts are not their friends, and because facts are the enemy of their endemic hysteria and systemic emotional thinking.
There is nothing, nothing whatsoever, in either quantity or content in the presidential orders, either issued or promised, that violates the Constitution or demonstrates abuse of executive power. But rather than look it up for themselves, the right wing propaganda machine screams, foams at the mouth, and writhes on the ground in a sad parody of a campy old style melodrama.
Here is what the web page for the national archive repository of executive orders displays:
Every time the GOP does this, they lose credibility, they lose any basis for respect or consideration as a political ideology. They show themselves to be crazy extremists without a clue to reality.Executive Orders
- Executive Orders Disposition Tables
- Text of Executive Orders
- What are Executive Orders?
- What are Disposition Tables?
Executive Orders Disposition Tables Index
Barack Obama (2009-Present)
EO's 13489 - 13655 | Subject Index
The Disposition Tables list the status of Executive Orders from:George W. Bush (2001-2009)
- January 8, 1937 - December 23, 2013
EO's 13198-13488 | Subject Index
William J. Clinton (1993-2001)
EO's 12834-13197 | Subject Index
George Bush (1989-1993)
EO's 12668-12833
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
EO's 12287-12667
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
EO's 11967-12286
Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)
EO's 11798-11966
Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
EO's 11452-11797
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
EO's 11128-11451
John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
EO's 10914-11127
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)
EO's 10432-10913
Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
EO's 9538-10431
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)
EO's 6071-9537
Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
EO's 5075-6070
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