Great presentation of the pertinent viewpoints on both sides of this historically important development. While I can see the logic behind several of the viewpoints in favor of the Executive Order, what the proponents of those viewpoints fail to acknowledge is that the Order is one more step by President Trump to move our country away from a democracy and toward an autocracy. As pointed out by some supporters of the Order, other Presidents have waded into the water of exerting influence over one or more of the independent agencies; however, none have dived into that water with so much splash. The Presindent's intentions could not be any clearer. The opinion Newsweek article by Traci Feit Love, to which I linked from this Framechange issue, conveys exactly what I think we all need to understand about this and other recently promulgated Executive Orders by the President.
Great presentation of the pertinent viewpoints on both sides of this historically important development. While I can see the logic behind several of the viewpoints in favor of the Executive Order, what the proponents of those viewpoints fail to acknowledge is that the Order is one more step by President Trump to move our country away from a democracy and toward an autocracy. As pointed out by some supporters of the Order, other Presidents have waded into the water of exerting influence over one or more of the independent agencies; however, none have dived into that water with so much splash. The Presindent's intentions could not be any clearer. The opinion Newsweek article by Traci Feit Love, to which I linked from this Framechange issue, conveys exactly what I think we all need to understand about this and other recently promulgated Executive Orders by the President.