By Emily Thorsen
Since Trump’s inauguration for his second term in January, he has enacted 147 executive orders into legislation. Executive orders have served as Trump’s loophole for getting his alt-right MAGA viewpoints into law without consulting the legislative and judicial branches of our federal government. Considering the nature of executive orders, the severity of the agenda Trump is trying to push will likely weary those who value our right to free speech, press and others within our nation’s founding documents.
It is mind-boggling to me that the same people who propose that our nation would benefit by turning back the clock on rights granted to marginalized groups are the same who show little respect for the values this nation was founded on. Trump’s 147 executive orders enacted within his first hundred days in office serve to strip this country of its democracy. Actions include unlawfully jailing and deporting legal residents purely based on country of origin or for practicing their right to free speech.
Between the increasing number of lawsuits against Trump and his administration for the heinous crimes they have already committed so early on in his presidency, and the fact that he thinks he can override the balance of power between the three branches of government, the administration is operating as if it is exempt from the law. Experts have not yet called a constitutional crisis into effect; however, how much longer can this mayhem persist?
It is clear that the president and his administration only obey constitutional law when it aligns with their agenda. It pains me to see people still believing the lies and manipulation so clearly evident in anything that comes out of Trump’s mouth. At what point will the American people band together to restore our nation’s true democracy and faith in humanity before it is too late? Or has that point of no return already surpassed us?