![]() The fact remains that unless Congress passes a law banning executive orders- and there's an effort to do that-that is upheld by the Supreme Court, the executive order is here to stay. The debate over executive orders usually comes down to political bickering: The party that's out of the White House traditionally rails against them, but orders are suddenly OK when it gets back in. ( Read more: Forget the State of the Union, focus on the Fed) Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said it was regulatory in nature and preempted by the National Labor Relations Act, which guarantees employers the right to hire permanent replacements. The second order, from Clinton in 1995, prevented the federal government from entering into contracts with organizations that hire replacements for striking workers. The Supreme Court said the order was invalid because it attempted to make law, rather than to clarify or further a law put forth by the Congress or the Constitution. One, which Truman issued in 1952, was meant to prevent strikes during the Korean War by placing all the nation's steel mills under federal law. Two executive orders have been overturned by the judiciary branch. He also issued one raising the minimum wage for federally contracted workers to $10.10 from $7.25 an hour. Obama's executive orders include one in 2012 halting the deportation of hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S.Bush issued an executive order in 2001 that restricted public access to the papers of former presidents. Executive Order 11738 Providing For Administration Of The Clean Air Act And The Federal Water Pollution Control Act With Respect To Federal Contracts, Grants. military forces to fight in the Balkans in the 1990s. Clinton used a series of executive orders to allow U.S.President Bill Clinton reversed it when he took office in 1993. President Ronald Reagan used an executive order in 1984 to bar the use of federal funds for advocating abortion. ![]() Kennedy and President Lyndon Johnson used executive orders in the 1960s to bar racial discrimination in federal housing, hiring and contracting.
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