The devil is in the details. Interesting ones from Telegram:
BIDEN SIGNED EXECUTIVE ACTIONS – Not Executive Orders as reported on the news, even OAN
Is this the movie we are watching?
Biden signed Executive Actions, not orders. Listen to him tell us that at his desk on Inauguration Day.
Biden first calls them Executive Orders, then calls then Executive Actions that willl need Legislation.
The following explains what executive actions are and how they compare to executive orders.
Executive Actions Versus Executive Orders
Executive actions are any informal proposals or moves by the president. The term executive action itself is vague and can be used to describe almost anything the president calls on Congress or his administration to do. But many executive actions carry no legal weight. Those that do actually set policy can be invalidated by the courts or undone by legislation passed by Congress.
The terms executive action and executive order are not interchangeable. Executive orders are legally binding and published in the Federal Register, though they also can be reversed by the courts and Congress.
A good way to think of executive actions is a wish list of policies the president would like to see enacted.
When Executive Actions Are Used Instead of Executive Orders
Presidents favor the use of nonbinding executive actions when the issue is controversial or sensitive. For example, Obama carefully weighed his use of executive actions on gun violence and decided against issuing legal mandates via executive orders, which would have gone against the legislative intent of Congress and risked enraging lawmakers of both parties.
Maybe Laura Walker’s Oracle Report will be a better prognosticator of the future. Read the February 1, 2021 Oracle Report here.
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