Trump’s executive orders can make change – but are limited and can be undone by the courts
2 months ago

Trump’s executive orders can make change – but are limited and can be undone by the courts

Raw Story  

Before his inauguration, Donald Trump promised to issue a total of 100 or so executive orders once he regained the presidency. In March of 2016, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized President Obama’s use of executive orders. Executive orders have been used for everything from routine federal workplace policies like ethics pledges to the controversial 2017 travel ban restricting entry into the United States. Limitations in their use Why don’t presidents always issue executive orders, a seemingly powerful policy device? This is why scholars find modern presidents issue fewer executive orders under divided government, contrary to popular media narratives that present executive orders as a president’s way of circumventing Congress.

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Donald Trump continues to sign waves of executive orders. Here’s how that works, legally.
1 month ago

Donald Trump continues to sign waves of executive orders. Here’s how that works, legally.

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Donald Trump signed a batch of executive orders on …

Trump Issued Perhaps His Most Terrifying Executive Order on Tuesday
55 years, 2 months ago

Trump Issued Perhaps His Most Terrifying Executive Order on Tuesday

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Which brings us to Trump’s new executive order on “independent agencies.” In the 20th century, Congress recognized that it lacked the in-house expertise to draft statutes of sufficient refinement to address increasingly technical questions raised by modern finance, commerce, …

Critics warn Trump’s latest order 'should concern you more than any so far'
1 month, 1 week ago

Critics warn Trump’s latest order 'should concern you more than any so far'

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump’s latest eyebrow-raising executive order triggered alarms throughout social media over the startling tone for American jurisprudence the action is ushering in. Users across social media reacted Tuesday to President Donald Trump’s new executive order declaring that only the president or attorney general can speak for “what the law is” in the United States. “Trump Administration is setting …

Trump's plan to avert a constitutional crisis: "Put pressure on the courts to make some concessions"
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump's plan to avert a constitutional crisis: "Put pressure on the courts to make some concessions"

Salon  

Donald Trump is fully acting like America’s first elected autocrat and aspiring dictator. In an attempt to make better sense of President Trump and his administration’s use of executive orders and their legality and power, if a constitutional crisis is imminent, and what, if any, role the states have to play in substantively resisting the Trump administration’s shock and awe …

As judges move to block Trump's executive orders, who has the ultimate power?
1 month, 1 week ago

As judges move to block Trump's executive orders, who has the ultimate power?

NPR  

As judges move to block Trump's executive orders, who has the ultimate power? Judges have largely been pushing back, temporarily blocking many of Trump's efforts, including pausing the dismantling of government agencies, such as the United States Agency for International Development. But the executive has almost invariably honored what the court said because it's part of our separation of powers …

Trump's shock and awe campaign rock the courts
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump's shock and awe campaign rock the courts

Salon  

Donald Trump’s shock and awe campaign has many targets. Other parts of the government and individuals who could potentially hold Donald Trump and his administration accountable to the law and the public interest are also being made to yield to Trump’s autocratic vision and system of personalist rule and corrupt power. In attempt to make better sense of President Trump …

Team Trump Threatens To Ignore Court Orders
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Team Trump Threatens To Ignore Court Orders

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING After a federal judge barred Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from continuing to access Treasury Department payment systems, Trumpworld lashed out. Judge John McConnell, the chief judge of the District Court of Rhode Island, wrote that state plaintiffs fighting the Trump freeze had “presented evidence … that the Defendants in some cases have continued to improperly …

Trump tests US laws with fast-paced executive orders, can judiciary bind his hands?
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump tests US laws with fast-paced executive orders, can judiciary bind his hands?

Firstpost  

As US President Donald Trump is streatching his powers to an unprecedented stretch with no checks or balances from the Congress, watchdogs and Democrats are turning to federal courts to keep him in check. The hope with federal courts Independent watchdogs and Democrats-run states have challenged a number of Trump’s executive actions. The paused actions include: End to birthright citizenship …

Analysis: As Trump team overhauls government, a constitutional crisis looms
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Analysis: As Trump team overhauls government, a constitutional crisis looms

CNN  

CNN — Vice President JD Vance, Elon Musk and others in the Trump administration are openly challenging the centuries-old power of the nation’s judiciary, foreshadowing a possible constitutional breakdown of American government. … If we get to the point when we have the executive branch of the government refusing to follow orders of the court, we really are in ‘constitutional …

How a once-fringe theory of presidential power is upending American government
1 month, 2 weeks ago

How a once-fringe theory of presidential power is upending American government

Salon  

“I have an Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president,” President Donald Trump stated during his first term. As a candidate in 2024, Trump pledged to reissue his “Schedule F” executive order: “I will immediately re-issue my 2020 Executive Order restoring the President's authority to remove rogue bureaucrats.” Upon taking office again, the …

Column: Trump is creating an imperial presidency — and he’s doing it by decree
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Column: Trump is creating an imperial presidency — and he’s doing it by decree

LA Times  

President Trump holds a signed executive order in the Oval Office. In a blizzard of executive orders, Trump has halted federal spending on clean energy, infrastructure, foreign aid and anything connected with “diversity, equity and inclusion”; frozen most federal hiring; stripped thousands of civil servants of job protections and proposed subjecting them to political loyalty tests; summarily fired prosecutors and …

Donald Trump Ignores Federal Laws As He Moves To Reshape Washington
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump Ignores Federal Laws As He Moves To Reshape Washington

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Donald Trump unleashed a flurry of sweeping executive orders, proclamations and regulatory freezes during his first week in office aimed at reshaping the federal government and enacting his MAGA agenda. “I think that Trump has issued many executive orders that are clearly illegal,” Erwin Chemerinsky, a constitutional law scholar and the dean of UC Berkeley’s …

'Could hurt': Trump said to be in for blowback from Supreme Court with 'overreach'
2 months ago

'Could hurt': Trump said to be in for blowback from Supreme Court with 'overreach'

Raw Story  

A discussion on Donald Trump's "shock and awe" flood of executive orders on MSNBC on Thursday morning led one "Morning Joe" contributor to report that there is a belief the Supreme Court may have a few things to say about the president's "overreach." Co-host Jonathan Lemire asked the BBC's Katty Kay to weigh on Trump's actions since assuming office, after …

Trump executive orders 2025: There are a few we should really be worried about.
55 years, 2 months ago

Trump executive orders 2025: There are a few we should really be worried about.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. All in all, a small portion of Trump’s executive actions fall squarely into this category and are “unremarkable,” said Pearlstein, who added, “I don’t think anybody should pay much attention to them.” The Do-Nothing Orders Trump’s order demanding emergency …

Trump finds new ways to flex presidential power after returning to White House
2 months ago

Trump finds new ways to flex presidential power after returning to White House

Associated Press  

▶ Follow live updates on President Donald Trump’s return to Washington WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is swiftly breaching the traditional boundaries of presidential power as he returns to the White House, bringing to bear a lifetime of bending the limits in courthouses, boardrooms and politics to forge an expansive view of his authority. John Yoo, a law professor at …

Why Trump towers
2 months ago

Why Trump towers

Times of India  

On his first day in office, President Trump has signed a record number of executive orders as the first step in enacting his second-term agenda. In some cases, these orders – basically interoffice memos giving instructions to employees in the executive branch – can drive govt policy. The founders intended for Congress to be the dominant branch of govt, with …

How Trump’s executive orders will roll out — if courts allow them
2 months ago

How Trump’s executive orders will roll out — if courts allow them

Al Jazeera  

From Mount Denali to EVs, we break down 26 executive orders that US President Donald Trump signed on his inauguration day. The complications it might face: Trump could face criticism from immigrant rights groups over this order. The complications it might face: Birthright citizenship is enshrined in the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment: “All persons born or naturalized in the United …

Trump's executive orders: Do they hold more power than Congressional laws?
2 months ago

Trump's executive orders: Do they hold more power than Congressional laws?

Firstpost  

Executive orders allow US presidents like Trump, Biden, and Obama to bypass Congress for swift policy changes. From Trump’s immigration bans to Biden’s climate orders, these directives have reshaped America but have limitations US President Donald Trump holds a document on the day he issues executive orders and pardons for January 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White …

What is an executive order, and what orders did Trump sign on day 1?
2 months ago

What is an executive order, and what orders did Trump sign on day 1?

Al Jazeera  

We take a look at some of the most significant executive actions signed by President Donald Trump. “Only a sitting US president may overturn an existing executive order by issuing another executive order to that effect,” the ABA said. ‘Securing our borders’ In his inaugural address, Trump promised that “all illegal entry will be halted” and that millions of “criminal …

What is an executive order? A look at Trump's tool for quickly reshaping government
2 months ago

What is an executive order? A look at Trump's tool for quickly reshaping government

New Indian Express  

What are executive orders? For example, President Joe Biden signed an order to create a structure for establishing regulations on artificial intelligence. But executive orders — and their policy-making siblings, the proclamation and political memorandum — are also used by presidents to pursue agendas they can’t get through Congress. On his first day, Trump rescinded 78 orders and actions signed …

What is an executive order? Trump's tool to reshape US policy without action from Congress
Trending News
2 months ago

What is an executive order? Trump's tool to reshape US policy without action from Congress

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump is returning to the White House ready to immediately overhaul the government using the fastest tool he has — the executive order. Executive orders allow a president to wield power without action from Congress. But executive orders — and their policy sausage-making siblings, the proclamation and political memorandum — also are used by presidents to pursue agendas they …

What is an executive order? A look at Trump’s tool for quickly reshaping government
2 months ago

What is an executive order? A look at Trump’s tool for quickly reshaping government

Associated Press  

▶ Follow live updates on President Donald Trump’s return to Washington WASHINGTON — Donald Trump returned to the White House ready to immediately overhaul the government using the fastest tool he has — the executive order. But executive orders — and their policy sausage-making siblings, the proclamation and political memorandum — also are used by presidents to pursue agendas they …

Trump immediately flexes presidential powers: 1,500 pardons and a raft of executive orders
2 months, 1 week ago

Trump immediately flexes presidential powers: 1,500 pardons and a raft of executive orders

LA Times  

President Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization. He also pardoned or commuted the sentences of all of his loyalists — more than 1,500 people — who stormed the same Capitol building in a failed attempt to illegitimately keep him in power four years prior, repeatedly referring to them as …

What is an executive order? Inside Donald Trump's tool for reshaping government
2 months, 1 week ago

What is an executive order? Inside Donald Trump's tool for reshaping government

India Today  

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump is returning to the White House ready to immediately overhaul the government using the fastest tool he has — the executive order. But executive orders — and their policy sausage-making siblings, the proclamation and political memorandum — also are used by presidents to pursue agendas they can’t get through Congress. Throughout U.S. history, there have been several …

How do Donald Trump’s executive orders compare to all other US presidents?
2 months, 1 week ago

How do Donald Trump’s executive orders compare to all other US presidents?

Al Jazeera  

Recent US presidents have issued fewer executive orders. In this explainer, Al Jazeera visualises 236 years of US presidential executive orders and looks at what Trump is likely to push through on his first day in office. Over the span of 236 years – from 1789 to 2025 – 46 US presidents issued at least 15,902 executive orders, averaging 67 …

What is an executive order? A look at Trump’s tool for quickly reshaping government
2 months, 1 week ago

What is an executive order? A look at Trump’s tool for quickly reshaping government

LA Times  

President Trump returns to the White House ready to immediately overhaul the government using the fastest tool he has — the executive order. Executive orders allow a president to wield power without action from Congress. But executive orders — and their policy sausage-making siblings, the proclamation and political memorandum — also are used by presidents to pursue agendas they can’t …

Trump’s team outlines suite of executive orders to top lawmakers ahead of his first day as president
2 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s team outlines suite of executive orders to top lawmakers ahead of his first day as president

CNN  

CNN — President-elect Donald Trump will quickly implement executive actions on immigration, energy policy and federal government operations to check off dozens of campaign policy priorities. Trump will also move to designate a series of drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and direct his administration to reinstate his first-term Migrant Protection Protocol policy, which is more commonly referred to as …

Trump increasingly turning to executive orders, more to come
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump increasingly turning to executive orders, more to come

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is setting a brisk pace lately in issuing executive orders and he’s just getting started as he tries to position himself as a man of action on everything from foreign policy to racial justice in an election year. I’d love if the Republicans did stuff, too.” Trump’s attack line is the “Do-Nothing Democrats.” An executive …

Trump’s idea of executive power is also impeachment defense
5 years, 2 months ago

Trump’s idea of executive power is also impeachment defense

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has always been a man of absolutes. Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead impeachment manager, has urged senators to remember the Constitution’s framers sought to prevent a chief executive from wielding power as if it “was conferred upon him by divine right.” The American Revolution was fought so that “no person, including and especially the president, would …

The Surprisingly Contentious History Of Executive Orders
8 years, 1 month ago

The Surprisingly Contentious History Of Executive Orders

Huff Post  

Despite howls that Presidents Trump and Obama both issued “unprecedented” executive orders, presidents have embraced executive actions to enact controversial policies since the dawn of the Republic. NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images Recently, USA Today savaged President Trump’s executive orders since taking office, from encouraging Keystone XL approval to altering immigration policy, as an “unprecedented blizzard.” In 2014, the Washington Post raked …

Executive orders: What Donald Trump can and can't do with the stroke of a pen
8 years, 1 month ago

Executive orders: What Donald Trump can and can't do with the stroke of a pen

ABC  

The first executive orders of new US President Donald Trump have made quite an impact. Executive orders aren't specifically mentioned in the United States constitution, but every single president dating back to George Washington has issued them. Specific examples include: Abraham Lincoln used an executive order to issue the Emancipation Proclamation that freed slaves in the United States Ronald Reagan …

Congress must vote to block Trump’s Muslim Ban. Now.
8 years, 1 month ago

Congress must vote to block Trump’s Muslim Ban. Now.

Slate  

A tremendous amount of attention has been focused since Friday on the judicial response to Donald Trump’s broad immigration ban, and rightly so: Five reviewing courts have now enjoined some component of his executive order and presumably more will follow. It is time for Congress to step forward and repeal or limit the administration’s outrageous executive order. Indeed, Senate Minority …

What Trump can and can’t do with executive actions
8 years, 2 months ago

What Trump can and can’t do with executive actions

CNN  

Story highlights President Trump has immediately begun to influence US policy with executive orders These actions don't carry the weight of law, but they can have wide-reaching implications Washington CNN — President Donald Trump dives into the business of policy Monday, signing executive actions that remove the US from the Trans Pacific Partnership, enacting a federal employee hiring freeze, and …

The 23 executive orders that weren’t
12 years, 2 months ago

The 23 executive orders that weren’t

Salon  

Hours after Tea Party Sen. Rand Paul launched his vague campaign to “nullify” President Obama’s 23 “executive orders” on guns, accusing Obama of having a “king complex,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Charlie Savage tweeted at me: @joanwalsh There weren't 23 executive orders. Technically, as New York magazine noted Wednesday afternoon, Obama’s measures were “executive actions,” including three …

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