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Trump signs bombshell executive order to make himself the most powerful president in history as he enacts controversial Constitutional theory

Daily Mail
By STEPHEN M. LEPORE
19 February 2025

Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could make him the most powerful president in history by using an obscure Constitutional theory to enact his vision of presidential authority.

The new order seeks to 'reign in independent agencies' by seizing various departments that normally act in accordance with Congress and bring them under control of the executive branch in the White House.

The order also states that the president and attorney general will interpret the law, leaving Trump free from Congressional and judicial oversight. 

Observers suggest that Trump is using unitary executive theory which grants the president a wide swath of authority.

The conservative theory argues that Article II of the U.S. Constitution, which delineates presidential powers, gives the president sole authority over all the executive branch's officials and employees.

The unitary executive theory also claims the president has robust powers to override Congressional oversight on restrictions such as the ability to fire the heads of independent agencies.

Trump's new executive order grants him power over various agencies such as The Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Russel Vought, the so-called architect of Project 2025 turned head of the Office of Management and Budget, is said to be a big proponent of nixing executive bureaucracies, according to Politico.

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[Smokin Joe]

I wish these people would dig out a copy of the Constitution and see just what limited powers the Federal Government has, Constitutionally.

Then compare those with the multi-tendrilled leviathan reaching through multiple layers of self-generated bureaucracy into the pockets of ordinary Americans.

[bilo]

I wish these people would dig out a copy of the Constitution and see just what limited powers the Federal Government has, Constitutionally.

Then compare those with the multi-tendrilled leviathan reaching through multiple layers of self-generated bureaucracy into the pockets of ordinary Americans.

 

[Cyber Liberty]

No bias in this story!   

[the OlLine Rebel]

I hope they didn’t actually spell it, “reign”, although perhaps that’s a Freudian slip.

The phrase is “REIN in”. Reins on a horse to control their speed as well as direction.

If not, then it’s a blight on taking things seriously.

;-)

[Cyber Liberty]

I hope they didn’t actually spell it, “reign”, although perhaps that’s a Freudian slip.

The phrase is “REIN in”. Reins on a horse to control their speed as well as direction.

If not, then it’s a blight on taking things seriously.

;-)

It's a British publication so who knows what's correct?