Eugene Farmer v. Philadelphia Electric Company

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• holding Executive Orders, different from those at issue here, and issued pursuant to statutory authority, to be “laws of the United States” for jurisdictional purposes but not intended to create private rights of action
• authority to issue order and regulations requiring nondiscrimination provisions in government contracts stems from section 486(a)
• “In view of the [Procurement Act], we have no doubt that the applicable executive orders and regulations have the force of law.”
• “[W]hen the President issues proclamations and orders . . . pursuant to a mandate or a delegation of authority from Congress[,] . . . the proclamations[] [and] orders . . . have the force and effect of laws.”
• “[W]hen the President issues proclamations and orders . . . pursuant to a mandate or a delegation of authority from Congress[,] . . . the proclamations[] [and] orders . . . have the force and effect of laws.”
• additional goal of checking racial discrimination

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