Table of Contents
Foreword 11
Introduction 15
Chapter 1 Are Executive Orders Necessary for Presidents to Take Important Political Action?
What Are Executive Orders?: The Heritage Foundation 21
Yes: Executive Orders Allow the President to Be More Effective
Executive Orders Are One Way for the President to Exercise Authority Vivian S. Chu Todd Garvey 27
Letting Presidents Take Direct Action: Lumen Learning 37
Presidents Can Accomplish a Great Deal with Executive Orders Leighton Walter Kille 47
No: Congress Should Have the Power to Check the President
The President Can Declare War Joel McDurmon 49
The President Shouldn't Be Able to Set Congress's Legislative Agenda Max Bloom 57
Chapter 2 Do Executive Orders Work against the Three-Branch Political System?
The Expressed and Expanded Powers of the President: Lumen Learning 65
Yes: Executive Orders Violate the Separation of Powers and Can Easily Be Abused
The Separation of Powers Must Be Maintained Jason Pye 80
The Use and Abuse of Executive Orders Throughout History Todd Gaziano 83
No: Executive Orders Fit into the Political System
The US Government Has a Constitutional Duty to Supervise Gillian E. Metzger 91
Without Executive Orders, Political Polarization Would Prevent Anything from Being Accomplished William P. Marshall 99
Executive Orders Can Be Checked by Other Brandies of Government Sarah Steers Mike Roberts 114
Chapter 3 Do Executive Orders Give the President Too Much Power?
The Separation of Powers According to the Constitution Goodwin Liu Pamela S. Karlan Christopher H. Schroeder 121
Yes: Presidents Abuse Executive Orders
Executive Orders Can Have Long-Term Negative Effects Nathan Hultman 132
President Trumps Executive Order Will Contribute to Climate Change Marianne Lavelle 137
Congress Can Take Action to Prevent the Abuse of Executive Orders Todd Gaziano 143
No: The Government Would Be at a Standstill without Executive Orders
Executive Orders Enabled Relief Efforts for Immigrants Adam B. Cox Cristina M. Rodríguez 149
The Legislative Process Is Too Slow and Complicated: Union of Concerned Scientists 158
Chapter 4 Are Executive Orders Vital in Times of National Emergency?
What Is the Role of the President? James E. Hanley 165
Yes: When a Quick Response Is Necessary, Executive Orders Give the President the Power to Act
Treating the Opioid Crisis as a National Emergency Could Allow Something to Be Done About It Alison Kodjak 174
The Great Depression: Lessons on Effective Executive Orders Jeanne Mirer Marjorie Cohn 177
No: Executive Orders Are Too Easily Misused and Overturned to Be Useful
Regulatory Reforms Made by Executive Order Do Not Last: Environmental Law Institute 181
The Way Presidents Use Executive Orders Abuses Their Original intentions Brandon Schmuck 185
Organizations to Contact 188
Bibliography 193
Index 196
