Op-Ed: Trump just made another huge and illegal power grab. Be very alarmed

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Trump doesn’t understand or doesn’t care about the most basic principle of American government: Power is divided among three branches of government. The president does not possess legislative power, yet on Saturday Trump signed a series of executive orders that were clearly in the purview of the legislative, not the executive branch.

In his order, the president extended unemployment benefits, suspended the payroll tax for many workers, created an eviction moratorium and suspended student loan payments until Dec. 31. Whatever your views of these actions, they are all clearly unconstitutional, in that they exceed presidential authority. Trump is attempting to legislate through executive fiat.

Congress considered versions of all these proposals, but could not reach agreement. Rather than wait for legislators to come to some compromise they could live with, the president decided to impose his vision on the country. We should be very alarmed.

The president has many powers of his own, spelled out clearly in the Constitution. He can by executive order unilaterally change some aspects of how the executive branch of government implements its duties, but he does not possess the power to regulate private behavior or to contravene federal laws or the Constitution.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/op-ed-trump-just-made-another-huge-and-illegal-power-grab-be-very-alarmed/ar-BB17NddE?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=DELLDHP

[SWBTATTReg]

1. So, in theory, everyone of his so called override to the legislative process is illegal, and thus...

will be ruled illegal, and thus, no money, nothing will happen, as it should. He alone can not make law on his own, and usher it into law on his own.

Proving again what an idiot he is.

[Iliyah]

2. Pretty much . . .

[onetexan]

3. yes, just as he alone cannot fix anything