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Angus King: “Executive orders are not laws. They're orders to the…”

Featuring: Angus King, Independent | U.S. Senate Maine

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American Conversations: Senator Angus King (I-ME), on Paul Revere's Ride

Published | Video Starts at 29:54

He started to say I. He caught himself and said, we are the law. No, he's not the law. Executive orders are not laws. They're orders to the executive branch in order how to administer the laws, but they're not laws. And the idea that he can change the law with a stroke of a pen and an executive order just isn't true. (29:54–30:04)

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Asserts that executive orders are not laws but directives to the executive branch.

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