executive order
an order having the force of law issued by the president of the U.S. to the army, navy, or other part of the executive branch of the government.
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In an interview, Gloria said his executive order reflected the seriousness of the situation as a response to rising infections and complaints from some businesses that others weren’t following the rules.
Despite Crackdown Announcement, Not Much COVID-19 Enforcement Is Happening | Jesse Marx | February 11, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoGovernor Pierluisi didn’t take up the decision of approving an executive order acknowledging the gender-based violence crisis on the island because it was the right thing to do or he had the will to do it, but because he was forced to do so.
“I’m hoping with the president’s executive order, perhaps they are going to say, okay, we’ve got to do this differently,” Barton said.
Many people may not get promised stimulus payments in hand if they owe back taxes | Michelle Singletary | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostWhile signing executive orders is the easy part, now begins the hard part — getting legislation through Congress.
Meanwhile, three San Diego City Council members are urging Mayor Todd Gloria to impose a similar restriction locally, via executive order.
Sacramento Report: Fees Are the New Front in the Delivery Driver War | Sara Libby | January 22, 2021 | Voice of San Diego
President Bush had issued an executive order to hold everyone captured on the battlefield.
A Navy Lawyer Cries Foul on Gitmo’s Kafkaesque Legal System | Eleanor Clift | September 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe suit comes after his attempt to overturn the standards via executive order was rejected by a judge in state court last week.
This executive order would get the attention of major corporations, most of which receive federal contracts.
The United States Needs Corporate 'Loyalty Oaths' | Jonathan Alter | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOf course, as an executive order, the act can be erased if Cruz/Paul/Rubio/Bush/Perry takes Ohio in two years.
At his press conference, Obama was coy about future changes in immigration law through executive order.
In Passover Phone Conversation, Eric Cantor Slams Obama | Eleanor Clift | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt a subsequent meeting, May 8, it was considered and adopted, and was promulgated as an executive order on the following day.
The Life of Lyman Trumbull | Horace WhitePresident Lincoln, therefore, issued an executive order prescribing retaliatory measures.
The Great Conspiracy, Part 5 | John Alexander LoganAnd did that letter include in it a copy of the executive order creating the Commission?
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyWithin the purview of the executive order which established the Commission.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedySuch lands have been set aside not only by treaty but in many cases by act of Congress, and in others by executive order.
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