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This is functionally equivalent to the Enabling Act of 1933. [0]

[0] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_Act_of_1933



Only eerily not legislated


Our legislature willingly gave up its power quite a while ago.


Incorrect, one party in the legislature gave up its power


Can you outline the argument as to how? It seems quite different according to the article. The courts still assert supremacy when it comes to interpreting and vetting the law, and Trump isn't allowed to overrule the legislature's lawmaking powers.


It creates imbalance of power: the executive can keep making orders which are clearly unlawful, but because of this they are still gonna be applied to most of the people (apart from ones who can afford going to court) until SC will reach the orders on merits meaning not soon. Meaning by that time executive can make new orders.

I think you’ll see this playing out very soon.


Also it is not a constitutional change.


The "Enabling Act" described in the linked article allowed Hitler to legislate unilaterally. This decision concerns judicial review of executive orders, and every presidential executive order is still only valid if it derives its authority from a valid act of Congress, a treaty entered into, or a self-executing provision of the Constitution itself.




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