| A Presidential Executive Order is a powerful | | | | the civil service, classification of top secret |
| regulation of the president, and was first used on | | | | government documents, and introduce security |
| June 8, 1789 by President George Washington. | | | | programs. A Presidential Executive Order since |
| The first Presidential Order instructed the heads | | | | the time of inception is influenced by the |
| of various departments to produce clarifications | | | | president's constitutional power and is legally valid; |
| on important matters pertaining to their | | | | Congress then changes it into a law. However, a |
| departments. | | | | new legislation has the power to nullify an |
| There were around 2,400 Presidential Orders | | | | Executive Order issued by the president, in case |
| issued between 1789 and 1907, but it was only in | | | | the Supreme Court or any of the lower federal |
| 1907 that the Department of State began filing | | | | courts label it as unconstitutional. |
| them in chronological order. Between 1908 and | | | | The power of Presidential Executive Orders |
| 1991, 13,000 such Executive Orders have been | | | | comes to the forefront especially when crucial |
| filed, with the practice being that each one gets | | | | decisions need to made during times of war. |
| filed as soon as the president has finished issuing | | | | During his tenure, President Franklin Roosevelt |
| it. Since they have been implemented, it has | | | | made full use of this authority, since he used his |
| served such important purposes like, deciding on | | | | presidential privilege and issued the orders on |
| land to be allotted for environmental protection or | | | | several occasions during the World War II. |
| Indian reservations, Federal holidays, standardizing | | | | |