Trump has signed 124 orders in less than 100 days. Scholars warn this is a constitutional cr

[simple1]

As recently as Tuesday, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order targeting the law firm Susman Godfrey, describing it as an unconstitutional “personal vendetta.” “Frankly, I think the Framers of our Constitution would see this as a shocking abuse of power,” U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan said.

 

Trump has signed 124 orders in less than 100 days. Scholars warn this is a constitutional crisis

[Harrisfan]

1 minute ago, simple1 said:

As recently as Tuesday, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order targeting the law firm Susman Godfrey, describing it as an unconstitutional “personal vendetta.” “Frankly, I think the Framers of our Constitution would see this as a shocking abuse of power,” U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan said.

 

Trump has signed 124 orders in less than 100 days. Scholars warn this is a constitutional crisis

Lefties upset again

[KhunLA]

I think that's called, keeping your campaign promises and getting things done ASAP.

[jerrymahoney]

"We are confident in the lawfulness of the Administration's actions and in ultimately prevailing against an onslaught of meritless litigation brought by radical activists who care more about the rights of terrorist aliens than those of the American people," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-temporarily-blocks-deportations-venezuelan-migrants-under-2025-04-19/

 

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So I rest easy that everything behind the Executive orders is A-OK because Ms. Karoline has said so.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

The full headline that got curtailed in the OP post in fact read -- "Constitutional Crisis"

 

From the OP news report:

Trump has signed 124 orders in less than 100 days. Scholars warn this is a constitutional crisis

 

23 April 2025

 

"As Donald Trump nears the end of his first 100 days in office, he has issued a record-breaking high of 124 executive orders, while signing a record-breaking low of just five new bills into law, and caused concerns among constitutional scholars. [emphasis added]

 

“These orders are extraordinary, not just in their number, but in their breadth,” said Rory Little, a law professor at the University of California- San Francisco said at a recent panel discussion. “The current state of affairs can be characterized I think with no exaggeration as a crisis, a challenge to the rule of the law in the United States.” [emphasis added]

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“While some may legitimately applaud the policy goals that underlie some of these actions, I hope we can all agree these policy goals should be pursued lawfully, lest we end up living in the type of system envisioned by the president, where he is the only law,” fellow professor Jodi Short said. [emphasis added]

 

(more)

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-executive-orders-constitution-law-b2738186.html

 

That's what a dictator is and does... attempts to rule unilaterally without feeling the need for governing via laws promulgated and enacted by the elected legislators, in the case of the U.S., those being Congress.

 

 

[Tug]

On 4/24/2025 at 8:44 AM, KhunLA said:

I think that's called, keeping your campaign promises and getting things done ASAP.

Ahh nooo that’s dictating not legislating…..

[jerrymahoney]

02APR2025  -- President Trump is invoking his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) to address the national emergency posed by the large and persistent trade deficit that is driven by the absence of reciprocity in our trade relationships and other harmful policies like currency manipulation and exorbitant value-added taxes (VAT) perpetuated by other countries.

Using his IEEPA authority, President Trump will impose a 10% tariff on all countries.

 

This will take effect April 5, 2025 at 12:01 a.m. EDT.

 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-declares-national-emergency-to-increase-our-competitive-edge-protect-our-sovereignty-and-strengthen-our-national-and-economic-security/

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As multiple lawsuits now state, including two from a conservative legal firm, the IEEPA does not contain the word "tariff".

 

 

[bamnutsak]

To me, trump's reliance on Executive Orders vs. legislation seems like a lazy way to "govern".

 

Too bad he can't issue Executive Orders to "lower prices on day 1", "force tariffs on trading partners," or end the war in Ukraine.

 

But, I think his staff know that he loves to sign his name, and these orders make him feel "powerful". But, if anything, these make him seem weak as a leader.

 

 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-orders/

 

 

 

[jerrymahoney]

As Ms. Leavitt said JAN 28 *:

"He is the executive of the executive branch, and therefore he has the power to fire anyone within the executive branch that he wishes to," she said.

So now, as per executive orders, he is just the executive of the executive branch acting (incredibly) executively on anything regarding executive orders that he executively wishes.

* https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/white-house-ig-firings