📜Trump expands power with nine sweeping orders

Between January 20 and April 9, 2025, President Trump signed at least nine executive orders and memoranda that concentrate authority in the presidency: Executive Order 14148 (January 20) rescinded Biden-era climate, DEI and border directives to centralize policy control (en.wikipedia.org); EO 14159 (January 20) widened expedited removals and Section 287(g) agreements under the Immigration and Nationality Act, bypassing immigration courts (en.wikipedia.org); EO 14160 (January 20) challenged birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment (en.wikipedia.org); EO 14215 (February 18) forced independent agencies to submit major regulations for White House review and barred divergent legal interpretations (en.wikipedia.org); and a Presidential Memorandum (April 9) directed agencies to repeal rules deemed unlawful under ten recent Supreme Court decisions, undermining regulatory stability (whitehouse.gov). Legal scholars warn these actions erode legislative oversight, limit judicial review of agency actions and unsettle separation of powers (hrw.org).