Executive Orders - Part 6/7

This abuse of power by Roosevelt led to the 22nd Amendment, limiting Presidents to two terms.

Still, most of these Executive Orders were issued because of the war, right? No, over 2,000 of these orders were issued prior to September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, leading to the subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and Great Britain. Over 3,000 were issued before December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and we entered into the fray.