An '''executive order''' is an action which does not require the approval of the [[Congress]], by the [[President]]. It cannot contradict or override any [[law]], but can direct agencies in the [[executive branch ]] in accordance with law. For example, only the President can issue an Executive Order for a [[budget sequester]], by law. [[Conservative]]s are often critical of executive orders for how they bypass the [[United States Constitution]]al process for enacting [[bills|new laws]].
The proposed executive order on [[abortion]] to which [[Bart Stupak]] agreed on March 21, 2010, and which is riddled with loopholes, is available [http://www.politico.com/livepulse/0310/White_House_issues_statement_on_executive_order_.html here]. A criticism is available [http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YThlYjRjMjIwMGQwYzRhYjA1NGIyNzU1OWJkMzNkZDI= here].
[[Barack Obama]] issued 276 executive orders in total.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/obama.html National Archives]</ref> During his two term Presidency, [[Ronald Reagan]] issued 381 executive orders.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/reagan.html National Archives]</ref> One must look at the content of executive orders rather than the number issued to determine whether overreach had been committed by a president.
==Presidents and Executive Orders==
===Line graphs===
[[Image:Executive Orders All Complete.jpg|left|thumb|800px|Executive orders in line graph form demonstrating the issuance count of all former presidents.]]
[[Image:Executive Orders From Founding To Progressivism.jpg|left|thumb|800px|Executive orders in line graph form from the Founding until [[Progressivism]], demonstrating when the presidency began to be out of control.]]
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===Table===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! President !! Total Orders !! Order Number Range
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| [[George Washington]] || 8 ||
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| [[John Adams]] || 1 ||
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| [[Thomas Jefferson]] || 4 ||
|-
| [[James Madison]] || 1 ||
|-
| [[James Monroe]] || 1 ||
|-
| [[John Quincy Adams]] || 3 ||
|-
| [[Andrew Jackson]] || 12 ||
|-
| [[Martin van Buren]] || 10 ||
|-
| [[William Henry Harrison]] || 0 ||
|-
| [[John Tyler]] || 17 ||
|-
| [[James K. Polk]] || 18 ||
|-
| [[Zachary Taylor]] || 5 ||
|-
| [[Millard Fillmore]] || 12 ||
|-
| [[Franklin Pierce]] || 35 ||
|-
| [[James Buchanan]] || 16 ||
|-
| [[Abraham Lincoln]] || 48 ||
|-
| [[Andrew Johnson]] || 79 ||
|-
| [[Ulysses S. Grant]] || 217 ||
|-
| [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] || 92 ||
|-
| [[James Garfield]] || 6 ||
|-
| [[Chester Arthur]] || 96 ||
|-
| [[Grover Cleveland]] - I || 113 ||
|-
| [[Benjamin Harrison]] || 143 ||
|-
| Grover Cleveland - II || 140 ||
|-
| [[William McKinley]] || 185 ||
|-
| [[Theodore Roosevelt]] || 1,081 ||
|-
| [[William Howard Taft]] || 724 ||
|-
| [[Woodrow Wilson]] || 1,803 ||
|-
| [[Warren G. Harding]] || 522 ||
|-
| [[Calvin Coolidge]] || 1,203 ||
|-
| [[Herbert Hoover]] || 968 || 5075 - 6070
|-
| [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] || 3,721 || 6071 - 9537
|-
| [[Harry Truman]] || 907 || 9538 - 10431
|-
| [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] || 484 || 10432 - 10913
|-
| [[John F. Kennedy]] || 214 || 10914 - 11127
|-
| [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] || 325 || 11128 - 11451
|-
| [[Richard Nixon]] || 346 || 11452 - 11797
|-
| [[Gerald Ford]] || 169 || 11798 - 11966
|-
| [[Jimmy Carter]] || 320 || 11967 - 12286
|-
| [[Ronald Reagan]] || 381 || 12287 - 12667
|-
| [[George H. W. Bush]] || 166 || 12668 - 12833
|-
| [[Bill Clinton]] || 364 || 12834 - 13197
|-
| [[George W. Bush]] || 291 || 13198 - 13488
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| [[Barack Obama]] || 277 || 13489 - 13764
|-
| [[Donald Trump]] || ||
|}
==See also==
* [[Executive amnesty]]
* [[Balance of power]]
* [[Dictator]]
* [[Tyranny]]
* [[Police state]]s starts with a [[Welfare state]], then a [[Nanny state]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/orders.php Executive Orders: Washington - Obama]
* [http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/23/obama-executive-orders/ Ranking of presidents by average number of executive orders per year]
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