Op-Ed: Trump just made another huge and illegal power grab. Be very alarmed

Coronavirus,Donald Trump,White House,Executive Orders,Life During Covid-19

Posted on AllSides August 12, 2020

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President Trump doesn’t understand or doesn’t care about the most basic principle of American government: Power is divided among three branches of government. The president does not possess legislative power, yet on Saturday Trump signed a series of executive orders that were clearly in the purview of the legislative, not the executive branch.

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