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<quote> Executive orders are a unilateral get-out-of-checks-and-balances-free card in many cases</quote> If congress wants to, they can overturn most of the exe
by ktRolster 11y ago
<quote> Executive orders are a unilateral get-out-of-checks-and-balances-free card in many cases</quote>
If congress wants to, they can overturn most of the executive orders by passing a law. It's not like those are magical powers.
- vezzy-fnord 11y agoAssuming they can get past the veto-2/3 majority dance. It also strongly depends on the nature of the EO. Major economic restructurings have been struck down before, though usually by judicial review. Military deployments, most infamously WWII-era internment, are less likely to be challenged - especially if they're perceived as "ephemeral" irrespective of consequences.