What’s wrong with executive orders?
No, not THAT type of executive order.
Hey, how do executive orders work? Can Biden make whatever he wants to happen without accidentally?
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No. America waged a war to prevent just that. You may have heard of it? Happened around the 1770-80s? Involved an Englishman named George whom they didn’t like very much.
In the USA, The President is the head of the executive branch of the government. The The executive is responsible for enacting and enforcing the laws sent to it by Congress. The President can issue as head of the executive Implementing regulations Instruct this branch to do what they want. The official White House website states that the orders “guide senior executives or clarify existing laws and help implement them”.
In order to They are not unlimited. The President cannot make laws, but through an executive order can enforce a certain interpretation of a law. One area in which the president has massive power, for example, is foreign policy, which is why Trump’s travel ban was permitted by executive order. The same applies to the Paris climate agreement.
A big thing An executive order cannot spend money that Congress has not allocated to the executive.
Now of course sometimes the presidents overlap and the executive orders are contested. Then it is up to the Supreme Court to step in and make a decision.
Great stuff as always, Pete! What are the limitations of an executive order? If the COVID bill is met with significant opposition in the Senate, why not just pass an executive order instead?
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Remember when I said An executive order cannot issue money that has not been allocated to the executive? This is why Biden can’t just get his COVID-19 relief bill through with an executive order. He also wants to change some of the tax legislation that needs to be approved by Congress. Congress would also have to sign the national minimum wage of US $ 15 an hour.
Feel a topic here? The Constitution gives Congress what is commonly referred to as that “Power of the Purse”. Which ultimately leads to almost every law in the US (most require some funding).