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In my history book, I read where we fought a war to not have a king. In my civics class, I learned that Congress passes laws, not the President. I guess a pub
by tomohawk 3y ago
In my history book, I read where we fought a war to not have a king.
In my civics class, I learned that Congress passes laws, not the President.
I guess a public school education only goes so far.
- phillipcarter 3y agoYou clearly weren't paying attention in school then, because executive orders are most certainly taught in government classes.
- rmbyrro 3y agoExecutive Orders are subject to Congressional review and can be taken down by Congress. It's a power given by Congress to the President. There are contexts in which the President's ability to issue Executive Orders are really necessary. This is not against democratic principles, per se. Of course, the President can abuse this power. That's not a failure of Democracy. This is predicted. And that's also a reason (potential power abuse) why the Congress exists, not just to pass laws.
- marcinzm 3y agoAnd who is in charge of making sure those laws are executed on by the Federal Goverment? Hint: It's the President and executive orders are the President's directive on how the Federal government should execute on laws.
- nerdponx 3y agoAnd that's also literally what this is, it's the president executing the provisions of the Defense Production Act of 1950, which is not only within his power to do so, it's literally his constitutional obligation to do so.
- barney54 3y agoExecutive Orders do not have the force of law. They are essentially suggestions. Federal agencies try to follow them, but Executive Orders can’t supersede actual laws.