From the Oval Office Reagan's Executive Orders and Their Legacy

4 For the first time in history, executive authority was a major campaign issue in 2016. Despite their many disagree- ments, almost all of the seventeen ... In the course of directing the activities of the executive branch, presidents since George Washington have issued executive orders on a wide variety of subjects ... But when the president issues an executive order to depart in significant ... President Reagan, in order to curb federal regulations, issued executive orders. [8] Reagan also signed eight major Executive Orders related to crime and justice as well as five major crime bills: Comprehensive Crime ... While Reagan and both Bushes—all Republican presidents—issued significant numbers of executive orders, conservative scholars argue that Democrats Clinton ... Harding Dwight D. Eisenhower Ronald Reagan Bill Clinton Richard Nixon Lyndon B. Johnson Jimmy Carter George W. Bush Barack Obama Donald ... Creating an emergency board to investigate railroad labor disputes between certain workers and transportation systems operated by the Secretary of the Army. The fragility of executive orders is demonstrated with the issue of “federal money for international organizations that promote or provide ... Trump signed an executive order on a Friday evening, setting off a chaotic weekend at airports as officials did not know how to interpret the ... Historically, the use of executive orders peaked under Franklin D. Roosevelt, who issued 3,721, or 307 for every year of his tenure. Woodrow ...