Comment by tomohawk
2 years 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.
2 years 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.
Executive 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.
And 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.
And 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.
Executive 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.
You clearly weren't paying attention in school then, because executive orders are most certainly taught in government classes.