If I made be so bold to interject, I think there is a lot of confusion over semantics going on here.
If the kenyan thinks he's going to impinge on the constitutional rights of law abiding Americans by EO, I see states passing their own laws that will render his EO useless.
There are many ways for an EO to be challenged, overturned, or circumvented.
That's why I don't really understand the hysteria.
Do you?
I don't see catzmeow saying EOs are routinely overturned in this post. I see her saying there are ways for them to be challenged or overturned or circumvented, which is a true statement. If a President writes an Executive Order which makes a lot of people unhappy, or is unconstitutional (which is extremely rare), there are ways to deal with it through the wonderful separation of powers process.
To date, U.S. courts have overturned only two executive orders: the aforementioned Truman order, and a 1995 order issued by President Clinton that attempted to prevent the federal government from contracting with organizations that had strike-breakers on the payroll
Executive order - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Others were vacated, rescinded by subsequent presidents, or made obsolete via legislation from Congress.
In this post, catz says two have been overturned by the Judicial branch, and others were vacated or rescinded by the Executive branch, or made obsolete by the Legislative branch. This is also true and is not saying they are routinely "overturned", which is a term which implies solely Judicial action.
An Executive Order can have an expiration date, or it can be rescinded by a successor.
Or, since EOs are executions of existing laws, if the laws are changed the EO can effectively be made moot.
Just my two cents. I would not like to see anyone leave this forum over this stuff.