How do executive orders work Christina Greer

Check out our Patreon page: View full lesson: On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln legally changed the status of over 3 million people from slave to free. But his emancipation proclamation wasnt a law it was an executive order. The framers of the American Constitution made this power available to the executive branch. But what exactly is this tool, how does it work, and whats the extent of its powe