Executive Order 25

Question 1

What are presidential memorandas?

Answer 1

do not have to cite any statutory or constitutional authority but still direct federal officials

Question 2

What is Trumps 2025 executive order ‘protecting the American people against invasion’

Answer 2

• federal agencies to increase deportations and restrict undocumented immigrants access to federal benefits
• withhold federal funds, as far as legally possible from sanctuary states that refuse to co-operate

Question 3

What is Trump’s 2025 executive order about true-born citizens?

Answer 3

Citizenships are now only granted to the children of U.S. citizens or legal residents, not undocumented immigrants.

Question 4

What is the presidential memorandum on America’s first trade policy?

Answer 4

instructs officials to assess whether new or increased tariffs (taxes on imports) are needed to combat unfair practises

Question 5

What are some of Trump’s executive orders on the environment?

Answer 5

• one exec orders - directs agencies to boost US production of oil, natural gas and coal while rolling back climate regulations that hinder fossil fuels
• withdrawing from the Paris Agreement

Question 6

What are some of Trump’s executive orders on gender, diversity and initiatives?

Answer 6

• prohibits agencies from recognising gender identity in official documents, programmes or policies and mandates that women’s space

Question 7

What are some of Trump’s executive orders?

Answer 7

• citizenship is now only granted to the children of U.S citizens or legal residents, now undocumented immigrants

Question 8

What are some of Trump’s 2025 executive orders?

Answer 8

• the order directs the Attorney General to seek the death penalty in eligible cases and to challenge SC precedent limiting its application

Question 9

What actions have states taken against executive actions?

Answer 9

• ending birthright citizenship was immediately challenged - district Court Judge put the ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ order on hold for 14 days
• 22 democratic states have filed lawsuits against Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship

Question 10

What happened in 2018 with Trump’s zero tolerance?

Answer 10

• 2018 - trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy led to family separation of thousands of children sparking widespread outrage.
• could provoke a similar outcry in 2025

Question 11

Following on from executive actions, what are the arguments for why presidential is not imperial?

Answer 11

• many of his day-one orders were not expanding executive power but reversing the imperial actions of his predecessor - Obama joined Paris Agreement with an executive agreement
• short-term actions like freezing foreign air for the time being but cannot be permanent changes to spending require congressional approval.