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Article II, Section 1, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution states that "The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America." Over time, that power has come to include Executive Orders. Your task for this assignment is to find an example of an executive order that you agree with or that you believe was constitutional and one that you disagree with or believe was an unconstitutional overreach of power by an American president. Write and post a short paragraph in which you explain the content of the two orders you chose and why you believe they are constitutional or unconstitutional. Be sure to include the names of the executive orders you are writing about (names or numbers are fine).

Your starting place for this assignment is the short History.com article that is posted on your Canvas page: https://www.history.com/topics/us-government/executive-order.

You may also scroll through the list of orders by president to see what might be of interest to you:

https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders.