What is an Executive Order?
Grade
9-12
Lesson Duration
Insights on Law & Society 17.1, Fall 2016
One of the most common “presidential” documents in our modern government is an executive order. Every American president has issued at least one… Here, “Teaching Legal Docs” tries to unpack these sometimes controversial legal documents produced by the executive branch of the U.S. government.
See pages 24 – 25.