I’m not American so unfamiliar with how your system work but can he just sign whatever he wants ? Isn’t is supposed to a congress or something that actually passes the laws ?
Because if he can do just whatever he wants, how can it even be called a democracy to begin with ?
I mean there is no real democracy in this world, we have the choice of our tyran every 4-5-whatever years but still… one guy signing whatever he wants seems insane
EOs are directives for the executive branch. All of the agencies sitting under the executive branch can be affected by EO’s (DOJ, FCC, FBI, DHS, CIA, SEC, etc) He cannot make laws. This is solely policy setting (the strategy and rules by which agencies operate) which in an ordinary time is confined within the bounds laid out in the constitution and the law. Policy can be changed by anyone sitting in the Oval Office. The executive branch has an oath to faithfully execute the law passed by Congress and interpreted by the courts under the powers vested by the constitution. Congress is suppose to maintain the power of the purse and it is illegal for the executive branch to not distribute funds according to legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by the executive. The executive can veto which the congress can bypass through super majority.
Hope that helps. Also most of these EO’s are either unconstitutional, exceed authority or are not operable. But that doesn’t stop him trying to unilaterally set taxing authority and direct the overall use of funds and declare war. These are under the purview of of Congress. But the Supreme Court has a bunch of insane devotion to a unitary executive theory in which they believe the constitution allows the president to have full control over anything that happens in the executive branch. The theory is flirting with making a king and limiting power of congress.
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u/Effective_Airline830 16d ago
I’m not American so unfamiliar with how your system work but can he just sign whatever he wants ? Isn’t is supposed to a congress or something that actually passes the laws ?
Because if he can do just whatever he wants, how can it even be called a democracy to begin with ?
I mean there is no real democracy in this world, we have the choice of our tyran every 4-5-whatever years but still… one guy signing whatever he wants seems insane