Can A President Turn The U.S. Into A Dictatorship Through Executive Order? Over the course of 8 months in 1962, President John Kennedy signed a number of Executive Orders which gave certain dictatorial powers to appointed bureaucrats in the event a “National Emergency” should be declared by the President. At whichever seated president’s discretion “in […]
Executive Order 13603 — National Defense Resources Preparedness By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and as Commander in […]
Executive Order 12919—National Defense Industrial Resources Preparedness By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (64 Stat. 798; 50 U.S.C. App. 2061, et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and […]
Executive Order 11490 — Assigning Emergency Preparedness Functions to Federal Departments and Agencies WHEREAS our national security is dependent upon our ability to assure continuity of government, at every level, in any national emergency type situation that might conceivably confront the nation; and WHEREAS effective national preparedness planning to meet such an emergency, including a […]
Executive Order 11051—Prescribing Responsibilities of the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning in the Executive Office of the President WHEREAS national preparedness must be achieved and maintained to support such varying degrees of mobilization as may be required to deal with increases in international tension, with limited war, or with general war including attack […]
Executive Order 11005—Assigning Emergency Preparedness Functions to the Interstate Commerce Commission By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan No. l of 1958 (72 Stat. 1799), it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Scope. The Interstate Commerce Commission, shall prepare national emergency […]
Executive Order 11004—Assigning Certain Emergency Preparedness Functions to the Housing and Home Finance Administrator By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958 (72 Stat. 1799), it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Scope. The Housing and Home Finance […]
Assigning Emergency Preparedness Functions to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958 (72 Stat. 1799), it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Scope. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency […]
Executive Order 11002—Assigning Emergency Preparedness Functions to the Postmaster General By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958 (72 Stat. 1799), it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Scope. The Postmaster General shall assist in the development of […]
Executive Order 11001—Assigning Emergency Preparedness Functions to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958, it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Scope. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereinafter […]
