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Trump’s executive orders already face pushback, legal challenges
Two hours after being sworn in, President Donald Trump sat down in the President’s Room at the U.S. Capitol to sign the first of nearly 100 promised executive orders — a historic and hand-cramping effort that he promised would begin “the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense.”
But his pen strokes also kicked off a round of objections from opponents, scholars and other groups that said he’d exceeded the limits of his presidential power. They included some critics who filed lawsuits before his signatures were dry, all but guaranteeing that his approval would not be the last word on Monday’s executive actions.
The biggest concern in pursuing these matters through the courts is of course the degree to which they have been coopted by trumpery.