By Constitutional standards, the Executive Office was never intended to have a legion of alphabet soup agencies under it as it now has. The creation of law was to be the domain of Congress, or the Legislative Branch, rather than governance by "executive orders," which cannot be repealed, and about which the Constitution says nothing. These have the force of law, but are not laws, merely "policies." Currently the Judiciary acts (or used to act) as a check on such executive orders and could nullify them. It appears that the original check of the Executive by the Judiciary was, as has been previously stated, that the Rule of Law was supreme, and no one, not even the President, was above it and could not escape consequences to actions; rather, the president was subject to the same laws as any citizen, and moreover, could be impeached and removed from office for "high crimes and misdemeanors." Presumably, the Judiciary would uphold a conviction of such a crime if the President were proven guilty.
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