Associate Professor Daniel P. Franklin, author of the new book, “Pitiful Giants: Presidents in their Final Terms,” is available to discuss President Obama’s use of an executive order on immigration, and future use of executive orders during the remainder of Obama’s term.
His areas of specialization are American Chief Executives, budgeting and the legislative process. Franklin is currently Director of the Georgia Legislative Internship Program and is a former Distinguished Honors Professor. He is the author of four books, numerous articles and reviews. His latest book is on the politics of presidential transitions from the perspective of leaving administrations.
“The president’s executive order on immigration is not unusual given the position he, like other lame duck presidents find themselves in. Facing a hostile Congress, low popularity ratings and in an environment where his relevance has begun a slow and steady slide, the president now comes to rely on his Constitutional authorities,” Franklin said.
“As chief executive the President is still the CEO of arguably the world’s richest and most powerful ‘corporation,’” Franklin said. “As chief executive the president cannot make law but in his administration of the law, he can steer the ship of state.
Executive orders are not law but they command the federal government, an entity that collects and spends about one quarter of the gross national product, employs (including the military) about four million individuals and controls the most powerful military on earth,” he explained.
For more information about Franklin, visit http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwpol/2753.html.
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