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http://ivn.us/2014/01/30/thomas-jefferson-great-executive-overreach/
The present Executive Order debate and suit threat is a sham. Note that the Louisiana Purchase, by Thomas Jefferson; the Emancipation Proclamation, by Abraham Lincoln; and the Desegregation of the Armed Forces, by Harry Truman--to name a few--were all by Executive Orders.