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Thursday, February 23, 2017

Executive Orders Execution of American Values

Executive Orders

In times of emergency, the president can override congress and issue executive orders with almost limitless power.

Abraham Lincoln used an executive order in order to fight the Civil War, Woodrow Wilson issued one in order to arm the United States just before it entered World War I, and Franklin Roosevelt approved Japanese internment camps during World War II with an executive order. Many other executive orders are on file and could be enacted at any time.

Trump will do it to round up The Evil Immigrants.

Nuclear Bomb and Trump. He can do it.

While the President does have unilateral authority as commander-in-chief to order that nuclear weapons be used for any reason at any time, the actual procedures and technical systems in place for authorizing the execution of a launch order requires a secondary confirmation under a two-man rule.
The President's order is subject to secondary confirmation by the Secretary of Defense. If the Secretary of Defense does not concur, then

the President may in his sole discretion fire the Secretary.

The Secretary of Defense has legal authority to approve the order, but cannot veto it.[1][2][3]