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Not trump's EOs, or actually anybody else's. Executive Orders are short cut executive directives, actual to the people operating under the executive branch, (which isn't everybody, by the way), and are shotcut around the laws that either they did not have the time to wait to be passed, or they knew would never be passed. Sometimes, they are challenged in court, sometimes ruling them illegal on constitutional or legal grounds under our laws and constitution. But, no. They are not based on laws. If there were a law for something to be done, there would be no need for an Executive Order, other than a photo op.EAOs are all based on passed laws.
