I don’t know how many of you caught the “Republican Presidential Forum” being hosted  by Mike Huckabee on Fox, but I’m sure the MSM’s going to be all over this clip by sunrise. Perry was asked by Florida’s Ken Cuccinelli about his claim that if elected he would issue an executive order to block the implementation of Obamacare, a federal law.  When asked what would give him that authority, he said the executive order itself does.
Wiki defines it as such:  “U.S. Presidents have issued executive orders since 1789, usually to help officers and agencies of the Executive branch manage the operations within the federal government itself. Executive orders have the full force of law, since issuances are typically made in pursuance of certain Acts of Congress, some of which specifically delegate to the President some degree of discretionary power (delegated legislation), or are believed to take authority from a power granted directly to the Executive by the Constitution.”   As I’ve always heard it interpreted, Congress writes the laws, but the President has the power to clarify operational policy and secure appointments within the executive office.