A rule or regulation issued to the executive branch of the US government by the president that has the effect of law and tells the bureaucracy what to do. Executive orders direct the operations of the executive branch and order members of the executive branch such as the FBI, Defense department, or EPA to act in a certain way. A presidential executive order "is a directive issued to federal agencies, department heads, or other federal employees by the President of the United States under his statutory or constitutional powers. In many ways, presidential executive orders are similar to written orders, or instructions issued by the president of a corporation to its department heads or directors. The constitutional basis for the executive order is the President’s broad power to issue executive directives. According to the Congressional Research Service, there is no direct “definition of executive orders, presidential memoranda, and proclamations in the U.S. Constitution, there is, likewise, no specific provision authorizing their issuance.” But Article II of the U.S. Constitution vests executive powers in the President, makes him the commander in chief, and requires that the President “shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.
What is the difference between an executive order and a law?
Who can declare an executive order unconstitutional?
How do you think the Framers would think about the current use of executive orders?
What emoji does the best job of representing the meaning of executive orders?
What emoji does not do a good job of representing executive orders at all but is still really cool?
How can the other branches impact executive orders?
Remember!
Now, let’s commit this term to our long-term memory. On a scrap piece of paper, take 10 or 20 seconds to draw the Executive Order! Draw with symbols or stick figures if you wish. Nothing fancy. Don’t expect a masterpiece. No one else will see this but you. Look at your drawing. That’s all - now it’s downloaded into your memory. Destroy the piece of paper in a most delightful way.