Disrupting the Balance : The Executive Order
The Founding Fathers designed the constitution of the United States to protect the rights of the individual, and prevent an all powerful government from arising. The Constitution calls for a system of checks and balances that ensures that no government branch is too powerful. The purpose of this website is to examine an instance in which the president has used the executive order to overstep his bounds as a leader and disrupt the balance of power system.
Perhaps the the most classic example in which the executive order was used in a negative context is that of