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President Trump’s Executive Orders

7 Feb 2025 · 55 min

Since January 20, 2025, President Trump has issued dozens of executive orders, several of which have attracted legal challenges. Steve Vladeck of Georgetown University Law Center and Gary Schmitt of the American Enterprise Institute join Jeffrey Rosen to parse the flurry of executive orders and preview the lawsuits they face.

Resources

• White House Presidential Actions • “Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions”, Just Security • Steve Vladeck, “The Impoundment Crisis of 2025”, One First SubStack (Jan. 28, 2025) • Steve Vladeck, “Trump's Guantánamo Memo”, One First Substack (Jan. 30, 2025) • Gary Schmitt, “Presidential Impoundment, Explained”, The Dispatch (Jan. 17, 2025)

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Links in the notes 8

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/
• https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-legal-challenges-trump-administration-actions/
• https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-impoundment-crisis-of-2025
• https://substack.com/home/post/p-156058647
• https://thedispatch.com/article/yanking-on-the-purse-strings/
• https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/americas-town-hall-programs
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoAU4X6DUZSt5n6aI74Hw0A
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