Well, I wouldn't put too much faith in that list of executive orders. If you Google them, you will find hundreds of copies of this list, mostly at right-wing scare sites. If you look a little deeper into what these executive orders actually are, they are generally just boring documents about carrying out the day-to-day functions of government.


This statement is particularly misleading: These Executive Orders have been on record for nearly 30 years and could be enacted by the stroke of a Presidential pen.

According to the numbering system for executive orders, it appears these executive orders were issued by John F. Kennedy in 1962, which means they were signed by the President and put into effect then.

Executive Order 10990, for example, was signed by President Kennedy in 1962, and has to do with worker safety. Several of the orders mentioned have to do with disaster preparation, but they don't sound all that ominous when you take the time to read them.

Not to worry.

-Joe-