There is ample precedent.

The Emancipation Procalmation, President Truman’s order to integrate the military, and President Clinton’s expansion of public lands through the declaration of national monuments are cited by the New York Times.

I would add the executive actions dealing with fair employmnt taken by Presidents Roosevelt and Kennedy prior to the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

There is a common but not universal thread.

The President extends benefits to a race or class of citizens whose needs are not being adressed by the legislative branch.

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I’m writing from Orioles Fantasy Camp.

Pressed into service as a second baseman, I almost turned a 6-4-3 double play, but my throw was a few feet short and pulled the first baseman off the bag.

Would the outcome have been different had I made the throw from behind the plate to second base beforehand?

Jim Gentile on how Casey Stengel summoned him to pinch hit in the All Star Game:

“Get me that big guy from Baltimore who swings hard.”