# Missouri Governor rescinds 177 other Executive Orders **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 24, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156 "2024-10-24T17:11:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156/1 "2024-10-24T17:11:46Z")
I guess this belongs in Politics & Elections, but move it if need be. The Governor of Missouri, Mike Parson, just issued an Executive Order rescinding 177 other Executive Orders. I didn’t know that was possible, and I was upset at first because I thought it was some drastic political move, but then I went down the list. I can’t find anything to object to, actually-Can you? [Reasons for EO 24-11.pdf](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MOGOV/2024/10/23/file_attachments/3043275/Reasons%20for%20EO%2024-11.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156/2 "2024-10-24T18:27:44Z")
Looks like they’re mostly 20-30 years old? Cleaning up obsolete cruft from old events perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156/3 "2024-10-24T18:36:06Z")
Our Governor Polis recently rescinded an executive order that allowed Coloradans to kill Native Americans and seize their property. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156/4 "2024-10-24T19:22:04Z")
Slightly off topic, but I assumed a sitting US president could rescind any previous president’s executive orders without restriction. Is that not the case? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156/5 "2024-10-24T19:27:29Z")
Missouri famously had the Mormon Extermination Order on the books until 1976. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156/6 "2024-10-24T19:29:27Z")
I bet that helped when BYU played Mizzou in football. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156/7 "2024-10-24T21:46:57Z")
We should do things like that at all levels of government on a regular basis, like every 10 years or so. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156/8 "2024-10-24T22:32:50Z")
I think it might be worth noting that Parson is not running for reelection, and the Republicans have nominated current [Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Kehoe) as their candidate. So Parson shouldn’t need to worry about stunts to get himself reelected, and maybe he’s just cleaning house before he leaves in a way that’s actually positive (from a bipartisan perspective). ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156/9 "2024-10-24T23:04:11Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > Slightly off topic, but I assumed a sitting US president could rescind any previous president’s executive orders without restriction. Is that not the case? That is the case. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156/10 "2024-10-24T23:05:10Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > So Parson shouldn’t need to worry about stunts to get himself reelected, and maybe he’s just cleaning house before he leaves in a way that’s actually positive (from a bipartisan perspective). How sad would it be if someone resorts to good, responsible governance only when he’s not running for re-election? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156/11 "2024-10-24T23:06:47Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > Slightly off topic, but I assumed a sitting US president could rescind any previous president’s executive orders without restriction. Is that not the case? Occurs quite frequently when there is a change in administrations and political parties. Like this: [Executive Order on the Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions and Technical Amendment | The White House](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/05/14/executive-order-on-the-revocation-of-certain-presidential-actions-and-technical-amendment/) ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156/12 "2024-10-25T00:39:15Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > How sad would it be if someone resorts to good, responsible governance only when he’s not running for re-election? You used the wrong mode. You should have said, “How sad it is that someone can resort to good responsible governance only when he’s not running for reelection.” ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156/13 "2024-10-25T00:53:46Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Missouri famously had the Mormon Extermination Order on the books until 1976. Well, yeah, that’s when they finally got the last one. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156/14 "2024-10-25T01:14:39Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > You used the wrong mode. You should have said, “How sad it is that someone can resort to good responsible governance only when he’s not running for reelection.” I didn’t read the details on what orders were revoked, and it seemed like posters were only speculating that the ones in this case were reasonable and justified. As such, I thought the subjunctive mood was called for. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156/15 "2024-10-25T01:36:24Z")
Executive orders are, in general, the sole purview of the executive, and there’s bound to be plenty of previous executive orders that any given governor or president disagrees with. I don’t think it remarkable at all that they’d rescind a bunch of them en masse. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156/16 "2024-10-25T01:51:20Z")
Has any other Governor rescinded anywhere near that number of Executive Orders? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-governor-rescinds-177-other-executive-orders/1009156/17 "2024-10-25T13:49:24Z")
NM - thought this was the Pit