The overuse of executive orders reflects a systemic erosion of democratic process. Unilateral decrees replace legislative debate and undermine the balance of powers at the heart of constitutional governance.
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And these illegal EOs need to move through the courts faster than they are. The damage they're doing when they're not immediately shot down is tremendous.
There's one thing that is totally overlooked in all the shenanigans of the EO's the intelligence of the EO's drafters. It's not like Trump sits there and dictates. He throws his ideas to those drafting them, I assume, would be legally minded, yet failing to ensure the EO's constitution compatibility
I question why the Constitution doesn't even acknowledge Executive Orders, but the idiots in Washington act as if they're actual laws. No matter what, Politicians need to take a quiz on the Constitution that they all need to pass before they take the positions they're elected to.
I am no political whiz but from where I sit in Canada it looks like Americans weren’t entirely committed to democracy when they wrote their constitution. And haven’t bothered to fix it since.
They weren’t so anti-king after all.
The millions who fought and died for our rights and freedoms are rolling in the grave.
We were warned we would have to fight to keep it, we didn't.
We let two private political parties run amuck.
Americans should have insisted Reagan be prosecuted.
Bush and Cheney should have met a rope.
Thanks for the information. It really shows why no party will stand against them and keeps supporting the genocide and land theft. It's insane that this amount of money is enough to control both parties. And I don't see the Democratic party having the guts to stop taking it
Overwhelming and historic? You're kidding, right? He won by less than 2% of the vote, and many Presidents have won by far more. He didn't even get 50%, and that's only really 25% because half the country didn't vote.
No one voted to give him unlimited power and ignore the 3 branches of govt.
Not just overuse, but in fact overreach of Presidential powers. It's why 2 days ago the use of the Alien Enemies act was stopped. That was Trumps single most misuse of self created emergency catchall that would allow all the illegal actions outlined in project 2025 to follow.
It is also a massive red flag regarding the total ineptitude of Republikkkans to govern. They haven't been able to do their jobs for almost TWO DECADES. They never get elected to govern. It is for screen time. Dems are weaker, but actually TRY (until very recently).
Executive orders have no force of law, they are merely memos to the executive branch and are no excuse to violate established law.
You only empower the idiot when you think that they are then PR stunt.
True, but I think Congress is equally culpable. The fucking Hastert rule in an era of closely divided Congress makes it so hard to get anything done. Wanna stop so many executive orders, counts needs to start doing its job and actually voting on things in a timely manner.
Hi good news from Australia the Labor party ( Centre Left) has won the election and been returned with an increased margin, and the Liberal party ( centre right) has failed again and it leader ( nick named Temu Trump) has been voted out of his seat. This follows the Canadian result.
Yeah, the Christofascists (Heritage Foundation) and Technofascists (Silicon Valley) teamed up to use Trump as a puppet to dismantle Democracy in the United States.
But you have a stupid and complicit Congress unwilling to take control of themselves. I hope every one of them is voted out of office. They have forgotten their oaths and the people they were sent there to represent.
When are you going to attack their entire system and shut them down? You need to find a way to get all the records they have and lock them away somewhere. We need to stop them NOW !!!
he turns to EO's because all he knows how to do is write his name. he doesn't know how to do the job, he doesn't even know what the job really is. he contradicts the inaugural oath every day he's still in office.
How do we stop it? Can you look into whether or not he cheated? Can you expose the truth? I feel so helpless and everyday I think it can’t get worse, but it does.
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Biden signed exactly ZERO executive orders in his first 100 days. 🍊💩 signed 154 and the vast majority were illegal against the law and as such are edicts and not executive orders. Executive orders are LEGAL orders by the Chief Executive of USA. Illegal orders are Decrees, by a King
By contrast, despite Republican control of Congress, Donald Trump has proposed no major legislation. His popularity is declining, and America’s global standing is at a near-century low. Most importantly, Trump is openly breaking the law and violating the U.S. Constitution.
It's all undermined. But perhaps the reverence
that was afforded the
presidency was not beneficial after all. Maybe we'll never observe that status again. I do think there must some quality of deference. Earned I'm guessing.
EOs are also a result of how MAGA/GOP/right wing pointless obstructionism has willfully degraded the ability of the Legislative branch to legislate. Enabling Trump's autocratic actions.
In the U.S., President Obama did a lot of this too because Moscow Mitch McConnell refused to work with him on legislation. Moscow Mitch saw how the partnership between Reagan and Tip O’Neill got things done and made Reagan look good. He took away the wrong conclusions. McConnell did so much harm.
they all did. heritage foundation got dealt lucky, timely hand. but all that time dems had power, if they had doubled down on education. vs optics, especially in education. just that, imagine.
and whats being said now, you can do more than one thing. 🙂
It's really telling when seated officials abdicate in order to protect themselves & their jobs. Consider the irony. Running for a public service position only to "draw the line" at serving the public when it matters most🙃
I think these EOs just need to be ignored when illegal. Or suspected to be illegal or against the constitution. I think it is that simple. Force the pos to enforce it. Agree? Disagree?
It also highlights the fundamental weakness of the policies when an administration does an end run around the legislative process. EO’s are not laws. Institutions and People need to stop treating them as such.
This is what I don’t understand. They aren’t laws and can’t undo laws, so why are people following them? For fear of being fired? That would be illegal (not that they are following the law, I know).
Executive orders do not supercede the Constitution, federal laws, or federal regulations - unless a feckless Congress or a compromised SCOTUS allows it. There's a lot of house cleaning needed, and some of these people need to be locked away for high crimes.
EOs are just directives to Federal Agencies. The states aren't beholden to them at all. He found that out in Maine. It's long past time folks start ignoring him. If Congress and SCOTUS won't do anything about him, the states needn't pay any attention to him, either.
This is not "overuse." You are totally misusing that word here. This is Dictatorial use on purpose. He has proclaimed himself "King." Who does that? So, he is ruling like a King. King issue Edicts and decrees; they don't need legislation. What use does Trump have of a Congress?
What Oompahloompa still has yet to process is he’s not a king!! These aren’t edicts he’s proclaiming-legislative statutes& the regulations promulgated by government agencies, executive orders are subject to judicial review & may be overturned if the orders lack support by statute or the Constitution
their only recourse is full suspension of the constitution.
we have them check mated in several lawsuits, they can upturn the whole board and chess pieces but the country won't stand for a full suspension of Const law
Well done Perkins Coie. Thank you for standing up to the bully in Chief.
Regrettably, Paul Weiss, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Washington Post, Columbia University, the Supreme Court, Susan Collins, ABC News, and so many others lack your courage and principles.
They get him personal attention quickly - his base sees him “do something” and he gets praise. Even if they aren’t laws and will be challenged because they are illegal too many people don’t realize this and just think he’s all powerful and keeping his promises
Also abject stupidity of Dems to allow a Christian Nationalist cult adherent to become Speaker. We knew this was coming. We warned people about Project 2025 and yet WE were the ones who had no plan, or courage.
The biggest part of that shit cake is the FOLLOWING, and no questioning these ILLEGITMATE orders from an ILLEGITMATE pos.
He's being installed. The coup is complete.
Everyday he has a new EO. I think he loves to see his signature. And his smug ass grin when he opens the menu really gets him going. Let’s see if we have mid-terms.
We in Europe watch in dismay! We were brought up to believe this couldn’t happen.
Legislative, Executive and Judicial, separate but working together.
Trump has demolished two! 🇺🇸😱
Trump doesn’t have the skill, patience or even enough support from his own party to work through Congress & put his warped agenda into law. He can & will do a lot of damage but thankfully his own ignorance & stupidity will get in his way. As long as the courts & the ppl stand strong he will fail.
Yeah the other old line Repubs use is they don’t want hand outs. They want to work for their money. They are doing nothing but taking our tax money and doing nothing.
Sounds like taxation without representation! And we know what we are suppose to do when that happens. our founding fathers knew!
Executive orders aren't laws or legislation. They can be ignored in many cases. That's why he is trying to use "emergency powers" because they can't be.
"Do states have to follow presidential executive orders?
There is no specific provision in the United States Constitution for Executive Orders."
And yet, Congress is at fault in giving the president too much power. Something could’ve been done about that over the last four/eight years, but nothing was.
Americans probably should have better considered who and what they were voting for, and not just the top of the ballot. Congressional races have consequences. Electing flaccid, feckless senators and representatives is a recipe for a dictatorship.
It’s time to split the office of the presidency into two parts like some countries a president and a prime Minister and divide the agency’s between them too
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Trump is a brat with a big marker, constantly seeking attention. He is a moron, liar, felon, rapist, fraud, and racist—past time for the 25TH Amendment.
Well Republicans have the majority in the House and this is on them.The Republicans have the majority in the Senate and every person confirmed by them and the outcome is on the Republican Senate. SCOTUS gave Frump immunity as a sitting president and all his actions is on them too.
Plus knowing Frump is a money whore a criminal and corrupt it made it easy for millionaires billionaires Christian Nationalist and The Heritage Foundation to buy him and buy positions in his administration
Remember this could have been prevented if it wasn't for the ones I mentioned enabling Frump abuse of power unconstitutional EOs and the breaking of all federal laws and weaponizing the govt against the people. I blame them above Frump and Elon bc they enabled him knowing who and what he was.
So u best believe that what Frump and Elon are is what they are too they just needed a puppet the weakest minded people would latch onto bc he talked their talk and walked their walk and isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer. That mf doesn't even write and compose those EOs he just signs them.
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I believe all federal courts and SCOTUS can nullify all of Trump EO's, if he is not reading his EO's how can he be sure they are correct https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/americas-first-post-text-president/549794/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order
They weren’t so anti-king after all.
We were warned we would have to fight to keep it, we didn't.
We let two private political parties run amuck.
Americans should have insisted Reagan be prosecuted.
Bush and Cheney should have met a rope.
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They need to be removed.
ALLLL of 3 godamn branches. With fire. 😒
No one voted to give him unlimited power and ignore the 3 branches of govt.
Pretty sure he is a troll
Another flawed system example.
You only empower the idiot when you think that they are then PR stunt.
now the Monster is out of the Bottle.
It’s all preplanned predetermined criminal intent
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Laws created at the whim of a dictator.
In the next administration or have a major overhaul on what constitutes the ability to EO something. Same with Pardons
that was afforded the
presidency was not beneficial after all. Maybe we'll never observe that status again. I do think there must some quality of deference. Earned I'm guessing.
USA belongs to the people, not to Trump. Time to remove him by force before he eats all the candies.
and whats being said now, you can do more than one thing. 🙂
it is what it is. no choice, cant not fight.
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we keep fighting them.
their only recourse is full suspension of the constitution.
we have them check mated in several lawsuits, they can upturn the whole board and chess pieces but the country won't stand for a full suspension of Const law
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And Supreme Court justices
He's being installed. The coup is complete.
Congressional Republicans asking to be neutered makes no sense to those of us who believe in our Constitutional Republic
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Legislative, Executive and Judicial, separate but working together.
Trump has demolished two! 🇺🇸😱
Congress has actively conceited power repeatedly war powers, every regulatory agency, DOJ.
With the exception of the Money and supreme court, the executive controls everything.
Now, MAGA-Nazi control it all.
Unfortunately, for them the Moneys not going to be worth much, $5 on China making a play to become the words reserve currency.
Also they have no real power, so.. yeah, here we are.
Sounds like taxation without representation! And we know what we are suppose to do when that happens. our founding fathers knew!
"Do states have to follow presidential executive orders?
There is no specific provision in the United States Constitution for Executive Orders."
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This is Trump terminating the Constitution.