executive orders

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• 1/17/2020
  

  Restoring Civil Society by Executive Order?: An Inaugural Reverie

  by John L. Godwin

  Joe Biden should defend the First Amendment right to peaceable assembly by a temporary emergency order criminalizing the carrying of firearms at public protest events and make clear that the threat of force is not part of the democratic process.

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  11/18/2020
  

  An FDR-Size Executive Order for Biden

  by Thomas Geoghegan

  Joseph Biden should issue an executive order requiring federal contracts go to firms with collective bargaining agreements in place, boosting wages, strengthening organized labor, and stimulating economic recovery. 

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• 4-25-17
  

  Is Trump right that he's signed more executive orders than FDR in his first 100 days?

  The answer is no. 

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• SOURCE: AHA Blog
  2-27-17
  

  The Paradoxes of Presidential Power: A Brief History of Executive Orders

  by Dane Kennedy

  While we can take some comfort in the fact that some EOs have proved beneficial and others have been fleeting and ineffectual, the history of this practice also gives us cause for concern.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  2-6-17
  

  9 Executive Orders That Changed American History

  Over the years the executive order has become a more controversial tool.

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  2-19-15 (accessed)
  

  The history of executive orders (Video)

  The executive order goes all the way back to Article II of the Constitution and every president has used them. Here's a rundown on the use and history of the executive order.