Bingo Z.
What has made civilized nations work, and America stand so far is that we are a nation of laws. If the house and senate put together a law, the President signs it, thus is it the "law of the land". The SCOTUS can shoot the law down if it is not Constitutional. After that, that is it, it is THE LAW.
Let's play this out, the House and Senate push through a law stating that all people must wear Purple on Tuesdays, but may not wear Purple any other day, the President signs this into law, and just a step further let's say SCOTUS didn't shoot it down. Thus every Tuesday, we all wear Purple! But only on Tuesdays. That's it folks. End of story. Where in the powers of the Constitution does the President have the right to say "This, is the law of the land, except in Minnesota! You can wear purple on Sundays and game day Thursdays! (That's a Vikings reference for those that aren't Vikings fans, probably means most of you missed it ;P ) Oh and the Purple Union can wear Purple when they gather, because I granted them a waiver!" He doesn't have that power. He cannot do it. The law itself must be changed by the LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. Otherwise, the Next President can waltz in and sign an EO saying "No one can wear purple! It's Blue, everyone has to wear Blue on Tuesdays, except Dallas fans, they can wear it on gamedays!" What's to stop such idiocy?
Nothing. And that is the great danger the Executive Order has always held, why previous uses are generally clarifying, or adding a rule not completely circumventing the LAW as written. Thus the amount, isn't as serious as the course taken. Granted, I'm no fan of Obama, but I believe, and many left, right and middle are very concerned that he's taking the Office of the President and trying to play King. That's bad enough, but what about the next "King"? All of you saying EO's are good! now, will be gnashing your teeth if President Palin said "Abortion is bad, I'm signing this here EO outlawing Abortion after 6 weeks".
That's the path of anarchy, the destruction of the very fabric of Law that keeps society from flying apart. We cannot allow this to continue, but it is, we're watching national suicide in slow motion!