With an executive order, the president can’t write a new statute, but an order can tell federal agencies how to implement a ...

In the short term, it’s brilliant. That’s a different story. Trump’s tally of approximately 60 executive orders in his first ...

Roosevelt’s 12 years in office, he signed 3,721 executive orders. “Something that has occurred throughout history, the usage of it has varied by time, but so has the content,” says Matthew ...

Before his inauguration, Donald Trump promised to issue a total of 100 or so executive orders ... into codified policy. Why don’t presidents always issue executive orders, a seemingly powerful ...

The first executive order was signed by George Washington in 1789 to direct federal agencies on how to handle official ...

A flurry of executive orders on immigration promises a dramatic crackdown. California pushed back in court against Trump last ...

More recently, Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program provided temporary protection for Dreamers, while Trump’s Executive Order —the so-called Muslim travel ban ...

Sharece Thrower, Vanderbilt University (THE CONVERSATION) Before his inauguration, Donald Trump promised to issue a total of 100 or so ... why scholars find modern presidents issue fewer executive ...