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by magicalist 786 days ago
> 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.