Newt Gingrich actually said...

If they're within the law and it's an appropriate executive order, then I think the president has every right to do it. If it's not in current law, then he can't do it by executive order and the Congress would have to, I think, block him if he attempted to do it by executive order.

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Newt Gingrich discusses the legality of President Obama's potential executive orders on gun control measures.

01/09/2013

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