Breaking Down Trump’s Terrifying Flurry of Executive Orders – Rolling Stone

As <a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/donald-trump/"  id="auto-tag_donald-trump"  data-tag="donald-trump"  >Donald Trump</a> resumed the powers of the presidency &mdash; declaring in his inaugural address that he was &ldquo;saved by God to make America great again&rdquo; &mdash; began signing a slate of sweeping <a  href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/"  rel="nofollow"  target="_blank"  >executive orders</a> that reflect his ambition to be <a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-doubles-down-dictator-day-one-1234922468/"  >a dictator on &ldquo;Day One.&rdquo;</a><br>    In his address Monday inside the Capitol Rotunda, Trump described his reactionary agenda &mdash; on climate and geography, <a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/immigration/"  id="auto-tag_immigration"  data-tag="immigration"  >immigration</a> and citizenship, federal gender recognition, and more &mdash; as a &ldquo;revolution of common sense.&rdquo;<br>  In the normal course of things, executive orders are subject to checks and balances. And Trump&rsquo;s first-day batch is sure to invite litigation where they attempt to run roughshod over enacted regulation, law, treaty, or constitutional amendment. However Trump begins his term with the backing of an arch-conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court, which has shown little appetite to overrule him and no interest in holding him accountable.<br>   Trump started signing orders soon after he was sworn in as president, signed some more at a lunch with lawmakers, and then sat at a miniature desk onstage at the Capital One arena, where his indoor &#8220;parade&#8221; was held, took out a Sharpie, and signed even more of them as his supporters cheered. He then headed to the Oval Office to sign some more. Here&#8217;s what he is trying to enact:      <div class="admz" id="adm-inline-article-ad-1">                     <div class="adma boomerang" data-device="Desktop" data-width="300">                  <div style="min-width:50px;min-height:75px;"   class="pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text"   data-priority="10" >    <div id="gpt-dsk-tab-article-inbody-uid0"       class="adw-300 adh-250" data-is-adhesion-ad="">         <script type="application/javascript">

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