Which of the following best describes why a president would issue an executive order?

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in order to request Congress to fulfill their constitutional duties in times of recess
in order to provide instructions on how they would like a law to be enforced
• in order to make an appointment to the cabinet
in order to provide a generalized pardon to a group of individuals who violated a federal law

1 answer

The option that best describes why a president would issue an executive order is:

in order to provide instructions on how they would like a law to be enforced.

Executive orders are often used by presidents to guide the implementation of federal laws and direct the operations of the executive branch.