(flÉªk) vb. 1. (tr) to touch with or as if with the finger or hand in a quick jerky movement. 2. (tr) to propel or remove by a quick jerky movement, usually of the fingers or hand: to flick a piece of paper at someone. 3. to move or cause to move quickly or jerkily. 4. (foll by: through) to read or look at (a book, newspaper, etc) quickly or idly. 5. to snap or click (the fingers) to produce a sharp sound.
Confidence votes 34.7K. Here is a list of US presidents and the number of executive orders each has signed. The president with the most executive orders was FDR with 3,522. Barack Obama - 144 (so far). George W. Bush - 291.
By issuing this as an Executive Order the President puts the federal government above the law, which, in a democracy, is never supposed to happen. As President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, he has the Constitutional authority to issue executive orders. And while similar orders have been made before by presidents from Eisenhower and Reagan to Clinton and George Bush â it has never been done to this extent.