To what extent has the White House already examined prospects for executive orders on this?
Similar legal obstacles will prevent the reversal of any of the disputed executive orders.
It revoked all or part of more than a dozen executive orders issued between 1939 and 1991.
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Historically, legal counselors to U.S. presidents have justified executive orders on these brief and somewhat ambiguous Constitutional passages.
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The nearby table shows the number of executive orders issued per year by every U.S. president since 1900.
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While executive orders seem irresistible to presidents because they can be issued quickly, they can be revoked quickly, too.
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The officials said new White House Counsel Greg Craig was briefing congressional Republicans Wednesday afternoon about the three executive orders.
Presidents since that decision have tried to cite the specific laws they are acting under, when issuing new executive orders.
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Not until 1952 were specific rules and guidelines given for what a president could or could not via executive orders.
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Mr Obama has been able to keep some of his campaign promises without Congressional say-so, simply by signing executive orders.
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Obama issued three executive orders Thursday designed to show a clean break from the Bush administration on the war on terror.
Simply put, executive orders and large, cultural change simply do not mix.
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As proxies for this historical change consider two examples: the growth of presidential press and PR, and the use of executive orders.
In addition, Congress has denied funding needed to implement various executive orders.
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And so you've seen multiple presidents, Ronald Reagan was the first one to formalize through executive orders that Haitians would be summarily returned.
Mr. Obama has also signaled his intention to govern as much as possible by stretching the legal bounds of regulation and executive orders.
Obama has used executive orders more frequently in recent months to launch initiatives he advocates that have been stymied by the deep partisan divide in Congress.
Some activists have been urging Obama to bypass the often messy legislative process and instead focus on executive orders and regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Among the more famous (or infamous) executive orders in U.S. history, FDR issued one that forcibly transferred Japanese-Americans and German-Americans to internment camps during World War II.
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So far, Mr. Obama has averaged 37 executive orders p.a.
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Probably all presidents revoke some executive orders by their predecessors.
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Nevertheless, several recent US presidents (of both parties) have issued executive orders requiring federal agencies to use environmentally preferable products and services whenever possible, as has the European Commission.
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He is saying that if congress will not act, he will, by actively looking at ways he can get around the opposition to his plans, using executive orders.
Obama has not ruled out issuing executive orders on some gun control measures to enforce laws already on the books, such as bolstering the way gun sales are tracked.
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But during the War legislation and executive orders compelled private U.S. banks to transfer their gold coin reserves to the Fed in exchange for Federal Reserve Notes convertible into gold.
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Among examples of New York City's strategies are the executive orders Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed in 2003 that keep city employees from inquiring about a person's immigration status unless required.
Podesta said that the incoming administration also is conducting an extensive review of Bush's executive orders, looking for quick changes that Obama can make from his first day in office.
These executive orders had to do with regulatory processes.
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President Obama revoked executive orders 13258 (2002) and 13422 (2007), both of which were issued by George W. Bush and amended executive order 12866 (1993) which had been issued by Bill Clinton.
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During the debate Thursday, Clinton, Edwards and Obama generally agreed they would seek an end to the war in Iraq, scrutinize executive orders issued by President Bush and reform the health-care system.
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