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George Washington's First Executive Order

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Throughout history the uses of executive orders have always been controversial. The form, substance and numbers of presidential orders have changed drastically in the US Presidency history. They are sometimes favored by the public, and other times they can be despised because they are related to really controversial issues. George Washington’s first executive order was believed to be more of a request than an order. The order asked the heads of various federal departments “to impress me with a full, precise, and distinct general idea of the affairs of the United States.” The order was not met with a lot of controversy because Washington wasn’t making a change to anything, merely asking for help from his advisors and the heads of various federal departments. Washington wrote to Vice President John Adams a month before issuing the order stating, “It will be much easier to commence the …show more content…

The order was blocked by a federal appeals court. The order was revised to avoid the tumult and protests that engulfed the nation’s airports after Mr. Trump signed his first immigration directive. The main revisions to the order was that one of the seven countries where taken off the list, exempts permanent residents and current visa holders, drop language offering preferential status to persecuted religious minorities, and reversed an indefinite ban on refugees from Syria, replacing it with a 120-day freeze that requires review and renewal. Not all of President’s Trump orders have been met with the same level of disdain, like all most other presidents, certain orders are liked by the public and others are not. Donald Trump inherited a much different country than George Washington, with a new set of problems, therefore understandably his orders are also different then Washington’s and any other presidents before

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