We also accept solutions that are momentarily pleasing but have long-term costs. We applaud presidents who issue executive orders that work for our team but ignore how they ultimately weaken Congress. Executive orders can also build up the appetite for a savior from the other team who will sashay in and graft on their own executive orders. “That’s basically the only way to govern now,” the Democratic strategist Andrew Feldman told Politico in 2019 about executive actions. “It’s kind of a way of life.”13 Governance by executive order is frantic and fragile and makes it harder to address
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