The Malheur Indian Reservation was an American Indian reservation established for the Northern Paiute in eastern Oregon and northern Nevada from 1872 to 1879. The federal government discontinued the reservation after the Bannock War of 1878, under pressure from European-American settlers who wanted the land. This negative recommendation against continuing by its agent William V. Rinehart , led to the internment of more than 500 Paiute on the Yakama Indian Reservation , as well as the reluctance of the Bannock and Paiute to return to the lands after the war.
55-1022: On September 12, 1872, a presidential order by Ulysses S. Grant set aside the Malheur Indian Reservation in Eastern Oregon for the Northern Paiute. It was intended for "all the roving and straggling bands in Eastern and Southeastern Oregon, which can be induced to settle there." The goal was to reduce conflict between the Paiute, who were struggling to find enough food for survival, and the settlers, whose farms and ranches encroached on their territory. About 800 Northern Paiute were living in settlements and at Forts Harney and Klamath in Southern Oregon , Fort Bidwell in northeastern California , and Fort McDermitt in northern Nevada . Three bands went to
110-541: A Congressional override of an executive order is a nearly impossible event, because of the supermajority vote required, and the fact that such a vote leaves individual lawmakers vulnerable to political criticism. On July 30, 2014, the US House of Representatives approved a resolution authorizing Speaker of the House John Boehner to sue President Obama over claims that he exceeded his executive authority in changing
165-584: A President of the United States of America." Sections 2 and 3 describe the various powers and duties of the president, including "He shall take care that the Laws be faithfully executed". The U.S. Supreme Court has held that all executive orders from the president of the United States must be supported by the Constitution, whether from a clause granting specific power, or by Congress delegating such to
220-509: A key provision of the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") on his own and over what Republicans claimed had been "inadequate enforcement of the health care law", which Republican lawmakers opposed. In particular, Republicans "objected that the Obama administration delayed some parts of the law, particularly the mandate on employers who do not provide health care coverage". The suit was filed in
275-408: A later fiscal year . The governor may also call the legislature into special session . There are also other uses for gubernatorial executive orders. In 2007, for example, Sonny Perdue , the governor of Georgia, issued an executive order for all its state agencies to reduce water use during a major drought . The same was demanded of its counties ' water systems as well, but it was unclear whether
330-464: A law put forth by the Congress or the Constitution. Presidents since that decision have generally been careful to cite the specific laws under which they act when they issue new executive orders; likewise, when presidents believe that their authority for issuing an executive order stems from within the powers outlined in the Constitution, the order instead simply proclaims "under the authority vested in me by
385-476: A particular matter of controversy; it requires cost-benefit analysis for certain regulatory actions. Executive orders issued by state governors are not the same as statutes passed by state legislatures. State executive orders are usually based on existing constitutional or statutory powers of the governor and do not require any action by the state legislature to take effect. Executive orders may, for example, demand budget cuts from state government when
440-459: A practical presidential tool for policy making because of the perception that proclamations are largely ceremonial or symbolic in nature. However, the legal weight of presidential proclamations suggests their importance to presidential governance. Umatilla (tribe) The Umatilla are a Sahaptin -speaking Native American tribe who traditionally inhabited the Columbia Plateau region of
495-663: A sequential number, after receipt of the signed original from the White House and printing the text of the executive order in the daily Federal Register and eventually in Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations . With the exception of William Henry Harrison , all presidents since George Washington in 1789 have issued orders that in general terms can be described as executive orders. Initially, they took no set form and so they varied as to form and substance. The first executive order
550-646: Is part of the Sahaptin division of the Penutian language family — closely related to other peoples of today's Eastern Oregon , Eastern Washington , and the Idaho panhandle . These included the Nez Percé ( Šíwaniš - "Stranger"), Cayuse ( Wáylatpu / Wáylatpuuma - "Ryegrass People, i.e. Cayuse People"), Walla Walla ( Walawalałáma - "People of Walula region along Walla Walla River"), Palouse ( Paluuspamá - "People of Palus") and
605-766: Is said to be an island in the Columbia River. B. Rigsby and N. Rude mention the village of ímatalam that was situated at the mouth of the Umatilla River and where the language was spoken. The Nez Perce refer to the Umatilla people as hiyówatalampoo (Aoki (1994:171)). The Umatilla nation was bordered by the Teninos ( Tinaynuɫáma - "People of Tináynu") to the West and the Klickitats ( X̣ʷáłx̣ʷayłáma - "Prairie People") to north, across
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#1732855128926660-726: The Bannock coming west from Idaho. When U. S. Army units under the command of General Oliver O. Howard began moving toward their positions, the united Paiute and Bannock decided to move into the Blue Mountains to the north of the Harney Basin. They raided isolated ranches as they fled northward, killing some settlers, and taking horses and cattle. In engagements with the Army, both Paiute and soldiers were killed, but casualties were few, given that hundreds of soldiers were operating on each side. Near
715-654: The Commissioner of Indian Affairs discontinued the agency. Today a small group of Paiute lives on a small allotment of 760 acres (3.1 km), called the Burns Paiute Indian Reservation (or the Burns Paiute Colony) along the Silvies River , just north of Burns, Oregon . Other Paiute are federally recognized as distinct tribes on other reservations. Executive order (United States) In
770-767: The South , Middle and North forks of the Malheur River . It comprised approximately 2,285 square miles (5,920 km) or 1,462,400 acres (5,918 km). At that time, salmon still migrated up the Columbia and the Snake rivers into the North Fork from the Pacific Ocean . Almost immediately, European American settlers began requesting changes to the boundaries of the reservation in order to take over more land. In 1876, settlers asked for
825-531: The US Department of State instituted a numbering scheme in 1907, starting retroactively with United States Executive Order 1, issued on October 20, 1862, by President Lincoln. The documents that later came to be known as "executive orders" apparently gained their name from that order issued by Lincoln, which was captioned "Executive Order Establishing a Provisional Court in Louisiana". That court functioned during
880-605: The Umatilla Agency on the Columbia River, the Umatilla saw that the Paiute and Bannock were not going to prevail against the U.S. Army, which outnumbered the Native Americans. The Umatilla allied with the Army. Under the guise of negotiation, some warriors entered an encampment of Paiute and Bannock, where they killed Egan , one of the principal Paiute war leaders, and a number of his followers. After that point, having lost their leader, scattered bands of Paiute took refuge in
935-541: The Wadatika : the "wada-seed-eaters".) Settlers along Willow Creek Valley on the eastern edge of the reservation also protested the boundaries. The reservation straddled trails between then northern Grant County , where Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce had received orders to move with his people to Idaho , and southern Grant County. With the completion of major portions of the transcontinental railroad in 1868, cattle ranchers in
990-461: The Yakima ( Mamačatłáma - "Yakama People"). These peoples were ravaged by smallpox and other infectious diseases contracted from European colonists during the first half of the 19th century. In 1855 the inland Sahaptin-speaking nations were forced to surrender their historic homelands under treaty to the United States government , in exchange for territorial set-asides on reservations . Today
1045-558: The racial integration of the armed forces under President Truman. Two extreme examples of an executive order are Franklin Roosevelt's Executive Order 6102 "forbidding the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States", and Executive Order 9066 , which delegated military authority to remove any or all people in a military zone (used to target Japanese Americans , non-citizen Germans , and non-citizen Italians in certain regions). The order
1100-427: The state legislature is not in session, and economic conditions take a downturn , thereby decreasing tax revenue below what was forecast when the budget was approved. Depending on the state constitution , a governor may specify by what percentage each government agency must reduce and may exempt those that are already particularly underfunded or cannot put long-term expenses (such as capital expenditures ) off until
1155-473: The Army, the Navy, and other Executive departments: The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order, itself a rather unusual thing in those days. Executive orders are simply presidential directives issued to agents of the executive department by its boss. Until the early 1900s, executive orders were mostly unannounced and undocumented, and seen only by the agencies to which they were directed. That changed when
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#17328551289261210-593: The Columbia River. Also by their northern border were the Palouse, Wasco-Wishrams ( Wasq̓ułáma - "People of Wasq̓ú"; Wɨ́šx̣amma - "People of Wɨ́šx̣aa/Wɨ́šx̣am (Spearfish)"). They had friendly Cayuse, and Walla Walla tribes to the east. Because their homeland lacked natural defenses, the Umatillas were attacked from the south by groups of Bannocks and Paiutes . Linguistically, the Umatilla language or Imatalamłaamí Sɨ́nwit
1265-491: The Constitution". Wars have been fought upon executive order, including the 1999 Kosovo War during President Bill Clinton 's second term in office; however, all such wars have also had authorizing resolutions from Congress. The extent to which the president may exercise military power independently of Congress and the scope of the War Powers Resolution remain unresolved constitutional issues, but all presidents since
1320-612: The Paiute. The outbreak of the Bannock War in May 1878 in Idaho led the Paiute to abandon the Malheur Indian Reservation and take refuge on Steens Mountain to the south of the Harney Basin. The mountain is a large block-fault formation, and its eastern escarpment rises almost straight up from the Alvord Desert , making it relatively easy to defend. They were later joined there during the summer by
1375-543: The Supreme Court overturned five of Franklin Roosevelt's executive orders (6199, 6204, 6256, 6284a and 6855). Executive Order 12954 , issued by President Bill Clinton in 1995, attempted to prevent the federal government from contracting with organizations that had strike-breakers on the payroll: a federal appeals court ruled that the order conflicted with the National Labor Relations Act and overturned
1430-442: The Supreme Court with people more in line with his views: Hugo Black , Stanley Reed , Felix Frankfurter , William O. Douglas , Frank Murphy , Robert H. Jackson and James F. Byrnes . Historically, only George Washington has had equal or greater influence over Supreme Court appointments (as he chose all its original members). Justices Frankfurter, Douglas, Black, and Jackson dramatically checked presidential power by invalidating
1485-613: The US District Court for the District of Columbia on November 21, 2014. Part of President Donald Trump 's executive order Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States , which temporarily banned entry to the US of citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, including for permanent residents, was stayed by a federal court on January 28, 2017. However, on June 26, 2018,
1540-515: The US Supreme Court overturned the lower court order in Trump v. Hawaii and affirmed that the executive order was within the president's constitutional authority. The degree to which the president has the power to use executive orders to set policy for independent federal agencies is disputed. Many orders specifically exempt independent agencies, but some do not. Executive Order 12866 has been
1595-709: The Umatilla share land and a governmental structure with the Cayuse and the Walla Walla tribes as part of the federally recognized Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation . Their reservation is located near Pendleton, Oregon and the Blue Mountains . A number of places and geographic features have been named after the tribe, such as the Umatilla River , Umatilla County , the town of Umatilla, Florida, and Umatilla National Forest . The impoundment of
1650-486: The United States, an executive order is a directive by the president of the United States that manages operations of the federal government . The legal or constitutional basis for executive orders has multiple sources. Article Two of the United States Constitution gives presidents broad executive and enforcement authority to use their discretion to determine how to enforce the law or to otherwise manage
1705-663: The authority vested in me by the Constitution", thereby creating the National Labor Relations Board . In 1934, while Charles Evans Hughes was Chief Justice of the United States (the period being known as the Hughes Court ), the Court found that the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) was unconstitutional. The president then issued Executive Order 7073 "by virtue of the authority vested in me under
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1760-632: The best meadowlands of the Malheur Indian Reservation, and the U.S. Army had been reluctant to remove the trespassers. In his annual report in August 1879, Agent W. V. Rinehart, who had fought in the West under General Crook and held negative views of the Natives, opined that the reservation should be discontinued, in part because the support for all agencies in Oregon was spread too thin to be effective. In October of that year,
1815-572: The exclusion of the Silvies River Valley and the Harney Lake Basin on the southwest edge of the reservation. In January of that year, President Grant , under pressure from settlers, ordered the northern shores of Malheur Lake open for settlement. This was a blow to the Paiute, because that was an area where the tribe collected wada ( Suaeda calceoliformis ) seeds, which they gathered as food. (The Paiute around Malheur Lake were known as
1870-575: The executive branch. Specifically, such orders must be rooted in Article II of the US Constitution or enacted by the Congress in statutes . Attempts to block such orders have been successful at times, when such orders either exceeded the authority of the president or could be better handled through legislation. The Office of the Federal Register is responsible for assigning the executive order
1925-628: The executive order at issue in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer : in that case Roosevelt's successor, Harry S. Truman , had ordered private steel production facilities seized in Executive Order 10340 to support the Korean War effort: the Court held that the executive order was not within the power granted to the president by the Constitution. Large policy changes with wide-ranging effects have been implemented by executive order, including
1980-464: The first 100 days of his presidency, more than any other president since Harry Truman. Before 1932, uncontested executive orders had determined such issues as national mourning on the death of a president and the lowering of flags to half-staff. President Franklin Roosevelt issued the first of his 3,522 executive orders on March 6, 1933, declaring a bank holiday , and forbidding banks to release gold coin or bullion . Executive Order 6102 forbade
2035-461: The former Nez Perce lands had begun to drive herds along those trails to Central Pacific railheads such as Winnemucca, Nevada , for shipment to the East. In the high desert country of Eastern Oregon, the ranchers considered the streams and pastures along those trails as highly valuable for sustaining the cattle on the drives. But, the cattle consumed water and were pastured in lands that were reserved for
2090-509: The head of state and head of government of the United States, as well as commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces, only the president of the United States can issue an executive order. Presidential executive orders, once issued, remain in force until they are canceled, revoked, adjudicated unlawful, or expire on their terms. At any time, the president may revoke, modify or make exceptions from any executive order, whether
2145-589: The hoarding of gold coin, bullion and gold certificates . A further executive order required all newly mined domestic gold be delivered to the Treasury. By Executive Order 6581, the president created the Export-Import Bank of the United States . On March 7, 1934, he established the National Recovery Review Board (Executive Order 6632). On June 29, the president issued Executive Order 6763 "under
2200-606: The military occupation of Louisiana during the American Civil War , and Lincoln also used Executive Order 1 to appoint Charles A. Peabody as judge and designate the salaries of the court's officers. President Harry Truman 's Executive Order 10340 placed all the country's steel mills under federal control, which was found invalid in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer , 343 US 579 (1952), because it attempted to make law, rather than to clarify or to further
2255-601: The mountains, and many of the Bannock tried to return to Idaho. Ultimately, most Paiute surrendered. Together with Bannock prisoners, they were initially interned at the Malheur Indian Reservation. In November 1878, General Howard received orders to move about 543 Paiute and Bannock prisoners from the Malheur Indian Reservation to the Yakama Indian Reservation , in Washington Territory , 350 miles (560 km) to
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2310-498: The north. Other Paiute and Bannock were scattered about Eastern Oregon, northeastern California and northern Nevada, working for settlers or engaged in subsistence hunting and gathering. More than a year after the war, most had not moved back onto the reservation, although the U.S. government had urged them to do so. Still others were interned at Vancouver Barracks in Washington. Ranchers and settlers had started to graze their herds on
2365-399: The northwestern United States , along the Umatilla and Columbia rivers. The Umatilla people are called Imatalamłáma , a Umatilla person is called Imatalamłá (with orthographic ł representing IPA /ɬ/ ). Some sources say that Umatilla is derived from imatilám-hlama : hlama means 'those living at' or 'people of' and there is an ongoing debate about the meaning of imatilám , but it
2420-402: The order was made by the current president or a predecessor. Typically, a new president reviews in-force executive orders in the first few weeks in office. The United States Constitution does not have a provision that explicitly permits the use of executive orders. Article II , Section 1, Clause 1 of the Constitution simply states: "The executive Power shall be vested in
2475-420: The order would have the force of law. According to political expert Phillip J. Cooper, a presidential proclamation "states a condition, declares a law and requires obedience, recognizes an event or triggers the implementation of a law (by recognizing that the circumstances in law have been realized)". Presidents define situations or conditions on situations that become legal or economic truth. Such orders carry
2530-458: The order. Congress has the power to overturn an executive order by passing legislation that invalidates it, and can also refuse to provide funding necessary to carry out certain policy measures contained with the order or legitimize policy mechanisms. In the case of the former, the president retains the power to veto such a decision; however, Congress may override a veto with a two-thirds majority to end an executive order. It has been argued that
2585-399: The orders lack support by statute or the Constitution. Some policy initiatives require approval by the legislative branch, but executive orders have significant influence over the internal affairs of government, deciding how and to what degree legislation will be enforced, dealing with emergencies, waging wars, and in general fine-tuning policy choices in the implementation of broad statutes. As
2640-517: The passage of the resolution have complied with its terms, while also maintaining that they are not constitutionally required to do so. Harry S. Truman issued 907 executive orders, with 1,081 orders made by Theodore Roosevelt , 1,203 orders made by Calvin Coolidge , and 1,803 orders made by Woodrow Wilson . Franklin D. Roosevelt has the distinction of making a record 3,522 executive orders. In 2021, President Joseph Biden issued 42 executive orders in
2695-418: The reservation, led by chiefs Weahwewa, Watta-belly, and Egan . In 1875, Old Winnemucca of the Paiute, his daughter Sarah and son Natchez Winnemucca went to Malheur Indian Reservation. In 1865 they had lost 29 of 30 people in a band in a raid by Nevada Volunteer cavalry, including the chief's two wives, one of whom was the mother of Sarah and Natchez. The reservation covered roughly the drainage basin of
2750-505: The resources and staff of the executive branch. The ability to make such orders is also based on expressed or implied Acts of Congress that delegate to the president some degree of discretionary power ( delegated legislation ). The vast majority of executive orders are proposed by federal agencies before being issued by the president. Like both legislative statutes and the regulations promulgated by government agencies, executive orders are subject to judicial review and may be overturned if
2805-453: The said Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 ", re-establishing the National Emergency Council to administer the functions of the NIRA in carrying out the provisions of the Emergency Relief Appropriations Act. On June 15, he issued Executive Order 7075, which terminated the NIRA and replaced it with the Office of Administration of the National Recovery Administration . In the years that followed, Roosevelt replaced outgoing justices of
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#17328551289262860-415: The same force of law as executive orders, the difference between being that executive orders are aimed at those inside government, but proclamations are aimed at those outside government. The administrative weight of those proclamations is upheld because they are often specifically authorized by congressional statute, making them "delegated unilateral powers". Presidential proclamations are often dismissed as
2915-519: The spirit and letter of existing U.S. law on access to presidential papers as clearly laid down in 44 USC 2201–07", and adding that the order "potentially threatens to undermine one of the very foundations of our nation". President Barack Obama subsequently revoked Executive Order 13233 in January 2009. The Heritage Foundation has accused presidents of abusing executive orders by using them to make laws without Congressional approval and moving existing laws away from their original mandates. In 1935,
2970-468: Was issued by Washington on June 8, 1789; addressed to the heads of the federal departments, it instructed them "to impress [him] with a full, precise, and distinct general idea of the affairs of the United States" in their fields. According to political scientist Brian R. Dirck, the most famous executive order was by President Abraham Lincoln when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, which in part contained explicit directions to
3025-444: Was then delegated to General John L. DeWitt , and it subsequently paved the way for all Japanese-Americans on the West Coast to be sent to internment camps for the duration of World War II . President George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13233 in 2001, which restricted public access to the papers of former presidents. The order was criticized by the Society of American Archivists and other groups, who say it "violates both
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