1) Donald Trump has outpaced Franklin Roosevelt (who had a 100% compliant Congress to work with) in issuing executive orders.
2) In his first 100 days, Trump issued 143 executive orders, on track to issue 30% more than FDR.
3) It may come as a surprise that . . .
2) In his first 100 days, Trump issued 143 executive orders, on track to issue 30% more than FDR.
3) It may come as a surprise that . . .
3) contd . . . Presidents known as "small government" presidents---Harding and Coolidge---along with Woodrow Wilson (WW I) and Herbert Hoover (the Depression) issued close to 200 EOs per year.
4) After Ike, however, presidents slowed the pace to about 75 a year.
4) After Ike, however, presidents slowed the pace to about 75 a year.
5) If anything, I almost expect Trump to accelerate his pace if he continues to get bupkis from Congress.
6) A President Vance may not be as aggressive, but I doubt seriously he would rescind a single one of Trump's EOs.
6) A President Vance may not be as aggressive, but I doubt seriously he would rescind a single one of Trump's EOs.
7) Thus, if things go as it seems, Vance would be in for eight years and the Trump EOs would settle in to common practice. They would "become" law in a practical sense by 2032 by virtue of habit and daily routine. Changing them would be incredibly hard.
8) As with many things, this is NOT how the Founders wanted it, but when you have a cowardly, greedy, and incompetent legislative branch, that's what you get.
9) In the most practical sense, the world is rapidly getting too fast for Congress's sclerotic pace.
9) In the most practical sense, the world is rapidly getting too fast for Congress's sclerotic pace.
10) Trump 2.0 appears to have figured this out.
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