Posted on 09/26/2011 8:58:24 PM PDT by quantim
But, but, but Perry said he would always do anything to protect lives.
I caught that too, would that be anything like “jobs created or saved”?
The governors of the states need to start telling the EPA to pack sand.
Rick Perry Defends legislating by...:
But Perry added in a comment to Rep. Paul that had no principled objection to using executive orders to legislate, citing as an example the Obama healthcare law passed by Congress. "Let me address Ron Paul just a minute by saying I will use an executive order to get rid of as much of Obamacare as I can on day one."In the article, Ron Paul promises to "never use an EO to legislate", but did say he'd use EOs for legitimate presidential functions.
I would note that the "EO to legislate" was the author of the article, not Perry -- I think since Obamacare legislation allows the executive to execute most of the law, that it would not be "legislating" to use EOs to grant waivers, or to rule that it is unconstitutional and won't be enforced until the courts rule.
If so, it may be that he said he wouldn't use an EO to legislate, but I can't actually find any place where he said that either, so that would be speculation on my part.
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