Executive Orders and the Quiet Drift Toward Dictatorship
James Quillian,Economist, Political Analyst, Natural Law

Executive orders were never meant to steer the country. They were housekeeping tools, nothing more than internal instructions for managing the executive branch. They were never designed to replace legislation or stand in for the constitutional process. That narrow purpose has been swallowed by political convenience. The Constitution never grants a president the power to legislate by decree. Executive orders survive only on the thin claim that a president must “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” That clause was meant to enforce law, not invent it.
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