Presidential Executive Orders Must Be Accountable to Congress

The Executive Branch Should Not Be Able Ignore the Laws Passed by Congress

Right now, the President of the United States holds extraordinary power. Not only can the President veto any legislation he doesn’t like, but the President can enact de-facto laws all by his lonesome through Executive Orders. Yet Congress gets no veto of an Executive Order. Instead, to stop an Executive Order, Congress must pass a new law that overturns the Executive Order, and that law will then be subject to a Presidential Veto. If the Executive…