Rule by Decree

News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Reporters rushed to the White House lawn today as they heard a familiar sound: the trumpeting of the Biden administration’s official herald, Timmy Johnson. Johnson stood on the White House balcony and blasted the notes that signaled another royal decree from President Joe Biden

Biden finally spotted the teleprompter in front of him and began to read. “By our royal decree and the seal of our hand, and the power vested in us by the extremely fortified 2020 election, we, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., Second of His Name, Defeater of the Trumpists, Uniter of the Americas, Sniffer of Women, do declare that all citizens of my kingdom must cut their sandwiches… diagonally!

Go here to read the rest.  Executive Orders have largely replaced legislation because of a decay in character among the Congress Critters.  In the Nineteenth Century, control of Congress would often flip from election to election as a result of legislation passed by Congress.  The parties were bitterly divided then, but they were able to do two things that is largely beyond our Congress Critters:  the ability to negotiate and compromise and the courage to go to the voters and face the electoral consequences of legislation passed.  Now, compromise is dead and too often the legislative process is a Kabuki Theater carried out to please the more extreme factions in each party, with the cynical Congress Critters knowing nothing will pass as a result.  This creates a huge vacuum and Executive Orders, disguised government by Royal Decree has taken its place.  Even when legislation is passed, it is often sloppily drafted over several hundred pages, leaving up to the Executive Branch and the Courts the all important task of filling in the lacunae.  This bad process began in the early 20th century and it cries out for reform.  One of endless issues that Congress will ignore during this session.