“The president’s use of executive orders was supposed to have been the solution to a closely divided and paralyzed Congress, especially as the 2024 race got underway.”
This is a remarkable statement. Under the constitution, it is supposed to be hard to implement new laws and policies. That is up to congress and if congress is evenly divided, that means there is no consensus in the county to have a bunch of radical new laws.
So it’s a “solution” to a problem that doesn’t exist. It’s not a problem that a radical administration cannot impose its will on the country where half of the country thinks its a terrible idea. It’s only a problem if you are a radical administration trying to have its way with the country regardless in the waning months of its power.
Executive orders were only meant to apply to the executive branch of government but have now, as Paul “The Forehead” Begala once observed, evolved to “Stroke of the pen, law of the land. Kind’a cool!”