Comments on: Executive Orders: The Famous, The Infamous & The Ridiculous

By: The Chef

The Chef — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:46:40 +0000

My favorite executive order is Order 66.

By: infinity

infinity — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:49:50 +0000

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_5658
as per above, check through the Superseded by links, FDR did 2 on Executive orders and then Truman and Kennedy to name a few that added to the Executive order EO

By: Bicycle Bill

Bicycle Bill — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:47:56 +0000

Executive Orders were not numbered until the Department of State instituted a system in 1907, starting retroactively with an order issued by President Lincoln in October of 1862 establishing a provisional court in Louisiana and continuing forward from there.

Knowing this, I find it interesting that it took more than fifty years (1914) for us to reach Woodrow Wilson’s Executive Order 1884, mentioned in the article; then, in barely twenty years, there were issued no less than another 5000 orders (FDR’s EO 7034 establishing the WPA was issued in 1935). By 1948, only thirteen years later, a total of 10000 executive orders had been issued — although in fairness, it must be noted that historically many executive orders have been issued to amend or totally repeal prior EOs.

It has slowed down somewhat since. The most recent Executive Order, issued by President Obama less than two weeks ago, is number 13552 and deals with amendments to the manual for courts-martial — which means that only another 3500 EOs were issued over the past 60 years.

-”BB”-

By: rhiaz

rhiaz — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:46:07 +0000

from what I’ve found, the regulations on the paper size in E.O. 5658 were actually 8 by 12 1/2 inches . . . a little more fancy that your average 8 1/2 by 11, maybe?

also, E.O. 11030 (the latest meta-E.O.) calls for paper “approximately 8 x 13 inches” . . . interesting

By: Sara in Al

Sara in Al — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:31:31 +0000

Wonderful article!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:13:11 +0000

So… what happened to E.O. 2526? Surely Chinese people still aren’t forbidden from the Panama Canal?

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:43:00 +0000

Great article i have been doing a project on executive orders in my government class specifically Executive Order 13438 but it was an interesting read and Truman only made that executive order in order to obtain the black vote which previously had been on the side of the republicans.But it worked out quite nicely.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:23:00 +0000

Hoover’s Executive Order regarding Executive Order’s was a hoot, but, did he have a cover sheet for it?

By: Paul J.

Paul J. — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:17:00 +0000

Fantastic article! The part about Herbert Hoover’s executive order about executive orders made my night.