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What (potential) damage can the Biden team do with "Executive Orders"? Examples?
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Executive orders must be supported by the Constitution, whether from a clause granting specific power, or by Congress delegating such to the executive branch.
An EO cannot violate existing law, they are for clarifying existing law.
Example 1. : EO to ATF that they shall complete a compliance inspection within one business day. That would be legal, as it does not violate federal law.
Example 2. : EO to ATF that they shall review every bound book entry, multiple sale form, F4473 and only one IOI is involved and can take three months if they feel like it. Legal, no law prohibits that.
Example 3. : EO to ATF that they shall conduct a compliance inspection every six months. Illegal, as Federal law (FOPA '86) prohibits ATF from conducting more than one per year.
Example 4. : EO prohibiting the sale of more than one firearm per month. Illegal, no federal law restricts how many guns a person can acquire.