[s3r3nity]

> But they are also moving openly towards a fascist dictatorship

Democrats have been calling on Biden to increase his power through just writing Executive Orders to act on their platform, and bypass all other branches of government...but THAT's not dictatorship?

[lokar]

Bypass all other branches? Have you seen him defy the courts? Threaten judges?

[noahtallen]

If you look at the number of executive orders per president, republicans tend to have slightly more over the past couple decades. (Bush more than Obama, Trump more than Biden.)

I don’t think executive orders are that concerning when the legislative body has problems getting shit done. It’s a normal political tool that both parties use (relatively) evenly. What is concerning is gravely anti-constitutional movements to overturn the results of democratic elections.

[magicalist]

> calling on Biden to increase his power through just writing Executive Orders to act on their platform, and bypass all other branches of government

Executive orders are one instantiation of what's literally the job of the executive branch: executing the law.

Executive orders operate within the authority granted by the legislative branch as judged by the judicial branch, and that authority can also be removed by the legislative branch.

You can say an order is unconstitutional or unlawful, but it's still not dictatorship.

[PawgerZ]

Trump wrote 220 in 4 years, averaging 55 EOs/year

Biden has written 138 in 3.25 years, averaging 42 EOs/year

[a_wild_dandan]

Nope! That's called doing your job with the tools you've been given.

[redeeman]

funny, thats definitely not what it was called when trump issued executive orders, there we had to endure things like the definition of dictator which tends to include "rules by decree" etc, as proof of him being a dictator :) oh how the winds are fleeting

[xbar]

Every President is equivalently, and rightly, castigated by the opposition party over their executive orders.

Every executive order by every President is an abuse of power, as far as I'm concerned.

55/yr for Trump? 44/yr for Biden? No one should be proud of their side.