stitutional achievement of a century of debate and war. It proposed a definition of citizenship guaranteeing its privileges and immunities, and insuring equal protection and due process to (my italics for emphasis) "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside..."
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...The United States Constitution does not have a provision that explicitly permits the use of executive orders. The term executive power in Article II, Section 1, Clause 1 of the Constitution is not entirely clear...The U.S. Supreme Court has held[6] that all executive orders from the President of the United States must be supported by the Constitution, whether from a clause granting specific power, or by Congress delegating such to the executive branch.[7] Specifically, such orders must be rooted in Article II of the US Constitution or enacted by the congress in statutes. Attempts to block such orders have been successful at times when such orders exceeded the authority of the president
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order
Were you on a legal precedent path, every amendment and the Constitution itself could be nullified by executive order. Could he try to be dictatorial and overrule the Constitution? Well, there's only one adherent to "broad executive powers" sitting on the Supreme Court, and the rest won't help him with that one.
The judicial branch doesn't enforce separation of powers. The whole Constitution does.
If you'd love to believe it, then believe it.
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