01/21/2025

Trump’s Executive Orders Already Face Pushback, Legal Challenges

Some of the orders may be beyond the reach of the president’s pen

Two hours after being sworn in, President Donald Trump sat down in the President's Room at the U.S. Capitol to sign the first of nearly 100 promised executive orders — a historic and hand-cramping effort that he promised would begin "the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense."

However, his pen strokes also kicked off a round of objections from opponents, scholars and other groups that said he had exceeded the limits of his presidential power. They included some critics who filed lawsuits before his signatures were dry, all but guaranteeing that his approval would not be the last word on Monday’s executive actions.

Trump's wielding of the presidential pen spanned a wide gamut of American life and U.S. policy, each order aimed at showing that he had begun to make good on his campaign promises. He declared an immigration emergency and will soon surge troops to the southern border, he said. He began to dismantle government diversity and inclusion programs and limited the number of genders the government can recognize to two.

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