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posted ago by TDwinnnnn ago by TDwinnnnn +12 / -0

CNN (bitch please): Here are the 30 executive orders and actions Biden signed in his first three days "The 30 executive actions Biden has taken in the first days of his administration..." https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/politics/joe-biden-executive-orders-first-week/index.html

Then, https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/11/20/365467914/so-just-what-is-an-executive-action-anyway

A presidential executive order "is a directive issued to federal agencies, department heads, or other federal employees by the President of the United States under his statutory or constitutional powers," according to Robert Longley, writing at usgovinfo.about.com. "In many ways, presidential executive orders are similar to written orders, or instructions issued by the president of a corporation to its department heads or directors." By contrast, a presidential executive action is kind of a catch-all term, writes NBC, which quoted an unnamed administration official in 2011 as saying: "It just means something the executive branch does. The use of any of a number of tools in the executive branch's toolbox." Political writer Tom Murse says: "[Most] executive actions carry no legal weight. Those that do actually set policy can be invalidated by the courts or undone by legislation passed by Congress."