Executive orders give the government the power to act as an unaccountable dictatorship. The states are totally bypassed. The First Amendment would be suspended. Executive Order 10997 allows the government to control all electric power, petroleum, gas, fuel and minerals. Executive Order 10998 gives government control of food and farm production.
Government can seize any vehicle.
Executive Order 11001 allows for the seizure of health, education, and welfare functions, including hospitals, pharmaceuticals, and schools. These orders also provide for the seizure of housing and the establishment of new public housing to accommodate this relocated work force. Twenty years ago, evangelical philosopher Francis Schaeffer warned that America's turning from God and embracing relative truths could have no other result but to convert America into a dictatorship within a generation or so. A free society depends on voluntary compliance with law. Christians comply because they believe in a God who watches our every move and holds us accountable, even when government does not.