Court Quote by Richard Shelby

I think executive orders with Donald Trump would be a very blunt instrument with respect to the Constitution.

— Scott Pruitt

It's important to use executive orders. Every president since Washington has.

— Tim Kaine

Executive orders are meant for occasional use, not to force something through that the people's elected representatives aren't going to make law.

— Fabrizio Moreira

Almost always, executive orders are within an authority and always within the purview of Congress to change if they want to legislatively change it.

— Tim Kaine

When I'm president, we'll have executive orders to overcome any wrong thing the Supreme Court does tomorrow or any other day

— Dick Gephardt

If the president is allowed to govern by executive action, then the rule of law greatly suffers.

— Scott Pruitt

“If the president uses executive orders to legislate new laws, that would be an example of him subverting legislative power from Congress, and might…

— Gary Hansen

Presidents and governors have increasingly relied on executive orders to address policy problems. The inefficiency of our nation's laws and regulatory codes are part…

— Jon Husted

My first [executive orders as a President] would be to get rid of a lot of the executive orders, especially on the border where…

— Donald Trump

There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do…

— Barbara Jordan

The thing about an executive order - there has never been an executive order that a Congress couldn't say, "You know, we don't like…

— Tim Kaine

Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected.

— Charles Krauthammer