Pres. Trump 47 On Track to Sign 2,088 Executive Orders
President Trump 47 in 72 days in office as of April 1, 2025, has signed 103 Executive Orders (14147-14249). The Deep State has responded with 156 lawsuits(includes 3 closed). Trump 47 is tracking to sign 2,088 Executive Orders, and be sued 3,304 times.
To put those numbers in context, President Trump 45 in his first term signed 220 Executive Orders in 1457days in office, or about 1 every 6.6 days. At the current rate in his second term, Trump 47 will sign 2,088 Executive Orders, or over 1.4 every day.
Recent American single-term presidents have signed an average of 216 Executive Orders, or about 1 every 7 days. Recent two-term presidents have signed an average of 328, or about 1 every 9 days.
Constitutional justification for President Donald Trumpand other presidents to sign Executive Orders stems primarily from Article II of the U.S. Constitutionunder:
Section 1: “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.” This vesting clause is interpreted as granting the president inherent authority to manage the operations of the executive branch, including issuing Executive Order directives to ensure the effective execution of federal laws and directing federal agencies to prioritize actions within the scope of existing statutes.
Section 3: Take Care Cluse requires the president “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed” to implement and enforce laws passed by Congress.
Given the Constitutional language, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the presidential authority to issue Executive Orders as long as they are rooted in either constitutional powers or statutory authority delegated by Congress.
In the rare ruling that a president lacked such grounding, President Truman’s Executive Order seizing steel mills after WWII was ruled unconstitutional [Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)]. But Trump 45’s travel ban was sustained under statutory authority of the Immigration and Nationality Act [Trump v. Hawaii* (2018)].
The reason President Trump 47 is being sued so often is that his recent Executive Orders have been extremely consequential by including momentous issues involving FBI/DOJ Employees; Civil Liberties and Rights; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility; Environment; Federalism; Government Grants, Loans and Assistance; Immigration and Citizenship; Removal of Information from Government Websites; and the Structure of Government/Personnel Transparency.
Trump 47 Executive Orders are intentionally reigning in the Deep State federal bureaucracies under Article II by asserting clear Executive Branch management over priorities and financial resources, as shown below:
Executive Action Dismantling the U.S. African Development Foundation (Executive Order 14127)Dismantling/Restructuring of the Department of Education (Executive Order of Mar. 20, 2025); Executive Action: “Fork Directive” deferred resignation offer to federal employees (OPM Directive); Executive Action: “Temporary Pause” of grants, loans, and assistance programs; Executive Action: Access of Lawyers to Immigrants in Detention (Executive Order 14159)Executive Action: Action Against Law Firms (Executive Order 14230); Executive Action: Actions Toward Columbia University (Executive Order 14188) (Pause or Termination of Grants and Letter of demands);l Executive Action: Actions Toward US Institute of Peace; Executive Action: Alien Enemies Act removals (Presidential Proclamation 10903); Executive Action: Assertion of Executive Control of Independent Agencies (Executive Order 14215); Executive Action: Ban on DEIA initiatives in the executive branch and by contractors and grantees (Executive Order 14168; Executive Order 14151; Executive Order 14173)Executive Action: Ban on gender affirming care for individuals under the age of 19 ( Executive Order 14168; Executive Order 14187)Executive Action: Ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports (Executive Order 14168; Executive Order 14201)Executive Action: Ban on transgender individuals serving in the military (Executive Order 14183); Executive Action: Birthright Citizenship (Executive Order 14160)Executive Action: Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy (Executive Order 14238); Executive Action: Contract Termination for Services to Unaccompanied Minors; Executive Action: Deletion of climate change data from government websites; Executive Action: Denial of federal grants; Executive Action: Denial of State Department Funds; Executive Action: Denying Press Access to the White House; Executive Action: Department of Education “Dear Colleague Letter” banning DEI-related programming (Dear Colleague Letter)Executive Action: Department of Justice review of FBI personnel involved in January 6 investigations (Executive Order 14147); Executive Action: Deportation to a Third Country/Torture Prohibition (ICE Email Directive on Expedited Removal and Non-detained Docket. Feb. 18, 2025); Executive Action: DHS Revocation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) (vacatur of Venezuelan TPS; termination of Venezuelan TPS)Executive Action: Disclosure of civil servant personnel records; Executive Action: Disclosure of personal and financial records to DOGE; Executive Action: Dismantling of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Executive Action: Dismantling of USAID (Executive Order 14169) (State Dept stop-work order); Executive Action: Election Law (Executive Order 14248); Executive Action: Establishment of “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) (Executive Order 14158 and Executive Order 14219); Executive Action: Funding Freeze for Immigration Services (Executive Order 14159) (Sec. of Homeland Security Memorandum Directive Jan. 28, 2025); Executive Action: Habeas Corpus and Removal of Protestors (Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats Executive Order 14161) (Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism (Executive Order 1488)); Executive Action: Housing of transgender inmates (Executive Order 14168)Executive Action: Immigration enforcement against places of worship and schools (Policy Memo); Executive Action: Immigration Policy – “Expedited Removal” (Executive Order 14159); Executive Action: Immigration Policy – Discontinuation of CBP One app (Executive Order 14165); Executive Action: Immigration Policy – Termination of categorical parole programs (Executive Order 14165)Executive Action: Immigration policy — punishment of sanctuary cities and states (Executive Order 14159) (DOJ “Sanctuary Jurisdiction Directives” (Feb. 5, 2025)); Executive Action: IRS Data Sharing for Immigration Enforcement Purposes (Executive Order 14165) (Executive Order 14159) (Executive Order 14158); Executive Action: Large-scale reductions in force (Executive Order 14210); Executive Action: Layoffs within Bureau of Indian Education; Executive Action: Migrant Transfers to Guantanamo (Presidential Memorandum)Executive Action: Passport policy targeting transgender people (Executive Order 14168); Executive Action: Proclamation Prohibiting Non-Citizens from Invoking Asylum Provisions” (Proclamation 10888); Executive Action: Reduction of indirect cost reimbursement rate for research institutions (NIH Guidance); Executive Action: Reinstatement of Schedule F for Policy/Career Employees (Executive Order 14171); Executive Action: Removal of independent agency leaders; Executive Action: Removal of information from HHS websites under Executive Order on “Gender Ideology Extremism” (Executive Order 14168; Policy Memo); Executive Action: Removal to El Salvador/Fear of Persecution; Executive Action: Rescission of approval for New York City congestion pricing plan; Executive Action: Rescission of Collective Bargaining (Sec. Noem Memorandum Feb. 27, 2025) (DHS Statement Mar. 7, 2025) (Executive Order of Mar. 27, 2025); Executive Action: Rescission of Previous Executive Orders and Actions, Including on Climate and Environment (Executive Order 14148); Executive Action: Response to FOIA and Records Retention; Executive Action: Solicitation of information from career employees; Executive Action: Suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (Executive Order No. 14163) and Refugee Funding Suspension (Dept of State Notice); Executive Action: Termination of Inspectors General; Executive Action: Termination of probationary employees; Executive Action: Unleashing American Energy (Exec. Order No. 14154) Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (Executive Order 14151); and Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Cost Efficiency Initiative (Executive Order 14222)