In the first 100 days of his second term, President Donald Trump has issued more executive orders than any other president during the same period of time. But between the Trump administration’s breakneck pace issuing the executive orders, statutory authorities employed and potential economic impacts of the orders, experts wonder whether the desired policy outcomes will come to fruition.
“Out of an abundance of desire to make change and to make change quickly, he’s already lost more lawsuits, been enjoined more times, had more temporary restraining orders imposed on the government than we’ve seen in history,” Bracewell’s Scott Segal told The Texas Lawbook.
Several orders that relied on presidential emergency authority invoked section 202 of the Federal Power Act. Bracewell’s Bryan Clark told The Texas Lawbook that orders under the Federal Power Act are typically temporary, which raises legal concerns about the long-term enforceability of the acts.
“So, the uncertainty you see at the federal level is also making its way down into the Texas market,” Clark said the uncertainty comes while there’s an “exponential increase in demand for electricity.”
