President Donald Trump dives into the business of policy Monday, signing executive actions that remove the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, enacting a federal employee hiring freeze (except for the military), and reinstating the "Mexico City policy" on abortion funding. In doing so, he's utilizing his "executive power" — a wide, but vague, set of prerogatives granted to the US president in Article II of the Constitution. Every president dating back to George Washington has used executive powers in some fashion or another — some more than others. Trump's predecessor Barack Obama was an avid user of his executive powers. He followed a long tradition of presidents using unilateral moves to bypass resistant lawmakers. Here are some things to know about President Trump's unilateral moves -- what they can accomplish and what they can't. Executive Order An executive order is an official document signed by the president that declares government policy. In an executive order, a president is giving instructions to government agencies and departments about how to operate in a certain area. An executive order is legally binding, and written into the official journal of the government, the Federal Register. Each executive order is numbered. Executive orders cannot reverse a law passed by Congress. Limited in scope, their sweep isn't as broad as a piece of legislation. President Trump can overturn any of President Obama's executive orders, just as Trump's successor can overturn anything he signs while in office.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/23/politics/donald-trump-executive-orders-executive-actions/
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This article was both scary and reassuring, knowing that Trump can't do everything he says he will by himself. The way the United States government is set up its is supposed to make sure that one person does not have all the power, you founding fathers made it this way. It has only been a few days since trump has been in office.
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