A fact-check explainer walks through what executive orders actually are: written directives to the executive branch, grounded in constitutional or congressionally delegated authority, not laws unto themselves.
It cites Trump's recent orders on childhood vaccine recommendations and birth tourism, then walks through the 1952 Truman steel seizure case as the classic example of courts slapping down an overreaching order.
It also notes a federal judge in Massachusetts just blocked part of Trump's 2026 executive order restricting mail-in voting through the Postal Service, and that the administration has asked the Supreme Court to intervene, with no ruling yet as of August 12.
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