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>When a US president is using an executive order to pass a law An executive order isn't a law. It is an instruction for an executive branch agency or committe
by Jblx2 3mo ago
>When a US president is using an executive order to pass a law
An executive order isn't a law. It is an instruction for an executive branch agency or committee.
https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/execu...
- gunalx 3mo agoPragmatically the difference does not really matter, om the other hand a executive order migth have more action behind it than a law.
- Jblx2 3mo agoEven with the hugely expansive U.S. government and executive branch, an executive order is much more restricted in scope than a law passed by congress.
- gf000 3mo agoWell, we don't really see all the democracy in the US, especially in this last term. When the congress doesn't even know that the president can do this or that, it's just dictatorship with some theater. In Europe, the EU's powers are much much more limited.