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Provide the legal justification of Executive Order use in changing the start time of the ACA employer mandate.

Created by M.O. on February 04, 2014

The recent use of Executive Orders to roll back certain deadlines established in the legislation of the Affordable Care Act, such as the so-called 'employer mandate', has raised questions about the legality of the use of Executive Orders to make functional changes to the ACA. Please provide the legal rationale that makes this particular use of Executive Order legal and Constitutional.

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