TY - BOOK AU - Miller,Derek L. TI - Executive orders T2 - How government works SN - 9781502640604 PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - Cavendish Square KW - Executive power KW - United States KW - Juvenile literature KW - Executive orders KW - Presidents KW - Illustrated works KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; What are executive orders? -- Who issues executive orders? -- Executive orders in action -- What happens next -- Glossary N2 - The president's ability to issue executive orders is a process steeped in misconceptions. This must-have volume looks at the history of this important executive power, explains executive orders that have had wide-ranging effects, and demonstrates the legal limits of the president's power. With emphases on checks and balances put in place by the U.S. Constitution and responses from Congress and the Supreme Court to past executive orders, the book covers the objectives of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards. Contemporary examples of executive orders, such as President Trump's orders related to immigration, provide background knowledge about key debates today ER -