re: Lets have an open and rhetoric free discussion about Executive Power

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Certainly. We elect congressional members as our representatives to legislate. The Executive branch was never intended to legislate, and neither was the Judicial. Their roles are clearly laid out in our constitution. If we don't take that literally, or try to skate what we see as an obstacle in our way (the constitution that is) and play games rather than keep a strict adherence to the spirit of the Constitution then we can now throw it all out as bullshite.

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I think by and large that does happen but at the same time the legislative process simply cannot always handle national problems. An executive order of the President must find support in the Constitution, either in a clause granting the President specific power, or by a delegation of power by Congress to the President. If it doesn't, the Supreme Court has the authority to invalidate an EO and has done so in the past. That, to me, is a properly function checks and balance system on all 3 branches.