With the latest executive order he signed, Donald Trump expended his presidential power but also triggered certain legal challenges.
Namely, the order will bring notoriously independent agencies under the White House’s control. This is part of Trump’s attempt to consolidate power and means that all agencies – such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – will be asked to submit their proposals and draft regulations for the president to review.
So far, no president has ever challenged the work of these agencies since their primary goal is in fact to act independently or semi-independently from the president, the Independent states.
Those in the position of leading these agencies are often assigned long term – longer than the presidency – in order to be protected from political influence.
As per the Independent, the signing of this order will give Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, the right to “adjust” congressional-appropriated funding depending on if the independent agency’s objectives are in line with Trump’s.
While the order doesn’t apply to the Federal Reserve’s handling of monetary policy, it does affect its other responsibilities, such as supervising banks and other financial organizations.
“For the Federal Government to be truly accountable to the American people, officials who wield vast executive power must be supervised and controlled by the people’s elected President,” the executive order states.
“The President and the Attorney General (subject to the President’s supervision and control) will interpret the law for the executive branch, instead of having separate agencies adopt conflicting interpretations.”
According to Trump, FTC, SEC, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have spent billions of dollars on rules and regulations. However, they will “no longer impose rules on the American people without oversight or accountability.”
“Executive power without responsibility has no place in our Republic. The United States was founded on the principle that the government should be accountable to the people,” the order states.
“That is why the Founders created a single President who is alone vested with ‘the executive Power’ and responsibility to ‘take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed’.”
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