With an executive order, the president can’t write a new statute, but an order can tell federal agencies how to implement a ...

The data does not include former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first-term executive orders.An executive order is an order issued unilaterally by the president who carries the force of law.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802 in 1941, which outlawed racial discrimination in the federal workforce and defense industry. President Dwight Eisenhower, another Texan ...