Just because an Executive Order is "ill-conceived and poorly executed" doesn't make it unconstitutional or an abuse of power. Honestly, which specific order do you think qualifies as exceeding his reasonable authority as President? The immigration orders are all being issued pursuant to express delegations of power by Congress. The President is supposed to make those kind of decisions -- it's expressly build right into the law.
It's not the constitutionality of the thing, it's the way he did it -- just imposed it without warning or preparation -- which speaks to a way of thinking and behaving that is consistent with his behavior all along. The man is a bully. He speaks and acts in authoritarian ways. In the realm of Executive Orders he's behaving precisely as Obama did, even on the same subjects -- and we were correctly pissed at Obama when
he did it.
Has he ever said that he's going to do it without Congress? Isn't that usually implied?
The wording he used was, as I recall it, "
I'm going to impose a border tax." And the context in which he said it, was in the form of a threat. Similar to his threat to UC Berkely concerning removal of federal funds in response to the riots there.
The problem I have with some on this thread, is that they seem to believe that "authoritarianism" only counts if the Supreme Court can rule on it. But here we have a president who continually deals in threats and insults. What are we to say and do about such a man?