Here is what I predict will happen after Trump’s EO:
Democratic voters who are currently celebrating a “win” will turn against the executive order as they realize it did not achieve the DNC goal of ending the zero tolerance policy.
Next, news will surface that, armed with SCOTUS precedents, an appeals court (almost certainly the 9th Circuit of Appeals) will strike down the executive order as illegal ( BTW, In my opinion, the EO *IS* illegal and an usurpation of the law, so yes, it will and should lose).
Sometime later, the SCOTUS will almost certainly agree, as the legislative landscape will not change. The inevitable conclusion from these events is nearly where we are now:
Trump will square off with the DNC again, insisting that lack of legislation allowing families to be detained together is the cause of families being separated.
This time, most Americans will understand that an executive order can’t keep families awaiting trial together. The only question is, will the DNC be honest about their goal of using the familial separation to end zero tolerance, or will they find yet another way to obscure their true goals?
And by that time, it will be close to the Mid term elections. WE SHALL SEE WHAT THE VOTERS DECIDE....
I disagree with this. The EO quite clearly states that the President wants to follow a policy of both zero tolerance AND keeping families together WITHIN the confines of the law.
IOW, I'd like to, and as far as I can, I will allow the families to remain together, BUT that court in Cali needs to provide relief from the recent ruling AND congress needs to appropriate money as well as get rid of the "bad mean" law that forces me to separate children from their families pending adjudication. I also want to reduce their suffering and want their cases handled in en expedited manner.
Not sure what part of that is a usurption of power ...