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Randolph Hudson
State College
Executive orders can be legal, constitutional and smart. Unfortunately, Donald Trump has signed a blizzard of "Executive Orders" that are illegal, unconstitutional, and stupid. Courts are rightfully striking them down one after another.
A president cannot use executive orders to bypass laws made by Congress.
A president cannot use executive orders to shutter or gut federal agencies created by Congress.
A president cannot use executive orders to defy the Constitution, as Trump's "Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections" tries to do. Trump issued that order on March 25. On April 23, U.S. district judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly soundly rejected it. Why? Because the Constitution grants states and Congress the power to regulate voting and elections. Not presidents.
Trump supporters complain that no other president's orders have been met with so many rejections in courts nationwide. There's a simple reason why: Before Donald Trump, no other president has insisted on trying to rule by just firing off orders. (That's what a king does.)
Congress, do your job. Use your constitutional power now, before you lose it. Impeach this loser. Get him out of office. It's what most Americans want.