(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.
Here's how they work. Executive orders are as old as the U.S. Constitution itself and usually steeped in controversy. Every president, from George Washington to Obama, has used them. More than 13,000, in one form or another, have been issued since 1789. While there is no specific provision in the Constitution that permits them, there is a grant of executive power given in Article II of the Constitution,