The Pandemic of Executive Overreach Comes to an End. When Will the Next One Begin?

A resident looks out through a gap in the barrier at a residential area during lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China, on May 6, 2022. Aly Song/Reuters

Commentary 

Over the past few decades, the executive branch of the federal government has taken an increasingly autocratic approach to governing. Past presidents have unilaterally attempted to bypass Congress due to partisan gridlock and the inevitable tug-of-war involved in governing a nation of 330 million people. President Joe Biden has governed in a similar fashion, regardless of progressive anger at him for not “doing something.”