Executive orders have an interesting history.    The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order, as was Truman's executive order desegregating the armed forces.   Eisenhower ordered the desegregation of public schools by executive order (I don't see how he had the power to do that.)   Japanese-Americans on the west coast were interned during WWII by executive order. 

 

Governors also use executive orders.   

 

Rather than making this all about Obama, I suggest all of you read the history of executive orders in this Wikipedia article.  It's much more interesting than whether Obama is using them properly or not, on which I personally have no opinion.    Obama has not issued a particularly high number of executive orders.   In fact Bush issued far more than Obama, of course he was in office longer. 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order

 

As far as Arizona passing a law prohibiting the funding of any executive order by the President, I think they should be careful they don't shoot themselves in the foot with that one. 

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