Category: executive orders

New Law in Illinois Limits Venues to File Lawsuits Challenging Executive Orders

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 3062 into law on June 6. Effective immediately, the law requires any legal challenges against state laws or executive orders to be filed in either Cook or Sangamon counties. It made it through the General Assembly last month with only Democratic support. Sangamon County is home to the state capital,…


Biden Requiring Federal Agencies to Form ‘Equity Action Teams,’ Deliver ‘Annual Equity’ Plans

President Joe Biden has ordered federal agencies to ensure delivery of equitable outcomes for all Americans, particularly people of color, women, LGBT persons, and other minorities. The executive order, issued Feb. 16, sparks fresh debate over what it means for all Americans to receive equal protection under the law. Biden signed a previous order mandating…


The Administrative Procedures Act Is Underutilized

Commentary President Joe Biden signed 77 executive orders in 2021 and 27 this year. He has also signed out 77 total presidential memoranda and dozens of presidential determinations and administrative orders to date. Executive orders are official presidential directives that generally have the force of law. They are intended to direct actions within federal agencies…


Biden Eyes Executive Orders If Supreme Court Overturns Roe V. Wade

President Joe Biden is considering issuing executive orders to blunt the impact of an upcoming Supreme Court ruling that may overturn Roe v. Wade. Biden’s comments came during a taping of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on June 8. Kimmel, a comedian and left-wing activist who is an outspoken supporter of Obamacare, gave the president a softball…


New York Legislature Begins to Repeal Gov. Cuomo’s Pandemic Orders

New York’s Democrat-led legislature repealed several of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s pandemic directives on April 28. The state’s Assembly and Senate voted to repeal parts of a series of executive orders Cuomo issued over the course of the pandemic of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus. The repealed provisions include…


Joe Biden: America’s Biggest Gun Salesmen

Commentary With his new—most likely unconstitutional— executive orders regarding weapons, Joe Biden is cementing his place as America’s leading gun salesman. Gun sales have been wildly up all year. He just pushed them to a new level. It’s almost as if he were marketing director for Smith & Wesson. (As America’s president he might have…


As Biden Governs by Executive Fiat, States and Courts Begin Resisting

Commentary The newly installed Biden administration made it clear during its first month in power that it doesn’t expect to get much of its progressive agenda passed legislatively through the U.S. Congress. Instead of working with lawmakers in the House and Senate to introduce new bills to enact his agenda, President Joe Biden unleashed a…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Feb. 25)

The annual conservative action conference kicks off in Florida, President Joe Biden reverses a handful of Trump-era executive orders, and the House passes the Equality Act.


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Jan. 29)

A Congressman calls on President Joe Biden to end abortion, the Texas Governor says the state is “prepared to fight back” against Biden’s actions targeting oil and gas, and Biden faces scrutiny for signing a record number of executive orders in a short time.


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Jan. 28)

President Joe Biden signs two additional executive orders on healthcare, a fossil fuel group is suing Biden over his order to suspend fracking leases on federal land, and Customs and Border Protection estimates Biden’s order to halt southern border wall construction will cost billions.