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> The judicial branch has authority to stop him but they're only supposed to use it if they are convinced that what he's doing is unconstitutional.

That omits a crucial issue that many amazingly overlook: The bar isn't constitutional but legal. Congress makes the laws, not the President. The President is bound by those laws, and in fact their job is to enforce the laws that Congress makes. They cannot do things unless empowered by the law.



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