Are executive orders necessary for presidents to take important political action? What are executive orders? / Executive orders are one way for the President to exercise authority / Letting presidents take direct action / Presidents can accomplish a great deal with executive orders / The President can declare war / The President shouldn't be able to set Congress's legislative agenda / Do executive orders work against the three-branch political system? The expressed and expanded powers of the President / The separation of powers must be maintained / The use and abuse of executive orders throughout history / The US government has a constitutional duty to supervise / Without executive orders, political polarization would prevent anything from being accomplished / Executive orders can be checked by other branches of government / Do executive orders give the President too much power? The sparation of powers according to the Constitution / Executive orders can have long-term negative effects / President Trump's executive order will contribute to climate change / Congress can take action to prevent the abuse of executive orders / Executive orders enabled relief efforts for immigrants / The legislative process is too slow and complicated / Are executive orders vital in times of national emergency? What is the role of the President? / Treating the opioid crisis as a national emergency could allow something to be done about it / The Great Depression : lessons on effective executive orders / Regulatory reforms made by execvutive order do not last / The way presidents use executive orders abuses their original intentions