'What is an executive order?

In short, an executive order is a way for the US President to get something done without having to go through Congress.

The National Constitution Center says an executive order pretty much has the same power as a federal law and is legally binding.

To understand how they work, you need to know that the US Government is broken into three branches:

    Congress (Legislative), who make the laws
    The President (Executive), who carries out the laws
    The Courts (Judicial), who evaluate the laws

An executive order isn't the president creating a new law, which is the job of Congress.

Read, mark, and inwardly digest.

Trump has not been doing anything that isn't already written into US law.

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