"they'll issue an executive order to ban one-way encryption outright" I want to point out the reasons for which that's impossible -- that the executive can't i

"they'll issue an executive order to ban one-way encryption outright" I want to point out the reasons for which that's impossible -- that the executive can't issue an EO that applies to the citizenry at large, and that there aren't any agencies that specifically regulate software companies, but as I can't find a loophole that hasn't been leveraged to render my arguments moot, I can't even convince myself that it couldn't be done. That said, on paper, executive orders are only applicable within the executive branch. E.g., the president can issue an order that commands his agency chiefs to interpret a law a certain way, or compel them to issue internal commands to change an action that they are otherwise charged with doing, but laws to which the citizenry must comply need be done via Congress.