Making policy and passing laws is supposed to be difficult and should be left to the messy channels established by the Constitution.
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WellbeforePresidentDonaldTrumpreturnedtooffice,hissupportersboastedthathewouldstartthesecondtermwithaflurryofexecutiveactions.Thenewpresidentexceededexpectationswithanavalancheofpardons,orders,andedictsonmattersgreatandsmall.Wide-rangingintheirscope,theorders“encompassedsweepingmovestoreimaginethecountry’srelationshipwithimmigration,itseconomy,globalhealth,theenvironmentandevengenderroles,” noted USAToday.
Someshouldbewelcomedbyanybodyhopingformorerespectforlibertybygovernmentemployees.Othersextendstatepowerinwaysthatareworrisomeorevenillegitimate.Allcontinuethetroubling
trend,overthecourseofdecadesandadministrationsfrombothmajorparties,forthepresidenttoassumetheroleofan electedmonarch.
Becauseexecutivebranchofficialsinterpretandenforcethicketsoflawsandadministrativerulesunderwhichwetrytolive,guidancefromthebossispowerful.Interpretedoneway,a rule
