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Governing by Executive Order?

Governing by Executive Order?
President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office just hours after his inauguration in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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The executive order has had a big year. Governors have issued them to impose lockdowns and travel restrictions in the fight against COVID. And, of course, President Biden made a splash in his first days in office by using executive orders to, among other things, stop the Keystone pipeline and loosen the clampdown on illegal border crossings.

Edwin C. Hagenstein
Edwin C. Hagenstein
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Edwin C. Hagenstein is the author of “The Language of Liberty: A Citizen’s Vocabulary” (Rootstock, 2020).
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