executive orders

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. 

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.

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

The answer is no. 

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.

9 Executive Orders That Changed American History

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

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.