Executive Order 14215
| Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies | |
| Seal of the President of the United States | |
| Type | Executive order |
|---|---|
| Number | 14215 Edit this on Wikidata |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Signed | February 18, 2025 |
| Federal Register details | |
| Federal Register document number | 2025-03063 Edit this on Wikidata |
| Publication date | February 22, 2025 Edit this on Wikidata |
| Document citation | 90 FR 10447 Edit this on Wikidata |
Executive Order 14215, titled Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies, is an executive order signed by Donald Trump on February 18, 2025. Among other things, it directs independent agencies to regularly consult with the White House, including by submitting significant regulations for review before publication, and directs all executive branch officials to follow legal interpretations issued by the president or attorney general.
Provisions
[edit ]The order directs independent agencies, namely those listed in 44 U.S.C. § 3502(5) , to submit significant regulations to the White House Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review before publication.[1] It directs each of them to create a White House liaison position and to regularly consult with the White House,[1] and gives OMB oversight over independent agencies' spending.[2] [1] [3]
The order also directs that the "authoritative interpretations of law for the executive branch" shall be made by the "President and the Attorney General" and prohibits executive branch officials from taking a legal position contrary to those interpretations.[1] [3]
The order exempts Federal Reserve decision-making on interest rates – but not its oversight of the banking system.[2]
Response
[edit ]"The order...contains a single paragraph that permits the president to decide the law and who should obey it."[4]
The Democratic Party (DNC, DCCC, and DSCC) filed a lawsuit in the D.C. District Court claiming that the provision requiring the Federal Elections Commission (among other independent agencies) to follow legal interpretations of the president or attorney general violates the Federal Election Campaign Act.[5] [6] They requested that the question of the constitutionality of the act be certified for a decision by the full Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit under 52 U.S.C. § 30110.[7]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d Davis, Daniel J.; Kennedy, Carl E.; Gervasi, Nicholas (February 24, 2025). "President Trump Executive Order on Supervision of 'Independent' Agencies". National Law Review . Retrieved February 24, 2025.
- ^ a b Smith, Colby (February 20, 2025). "Trump Tests Fed's Independence With Order Expanding Authority Over Agencies". The New York Times . Retrieved February 20, 2025.
- ^ a b Baio, Ariana (February 19, 2025). "Trump signs executive order giving himself more power over independent federal agencies". The Independent . Retrieved February 19, 2025.
- ^ McGreal, Chris (March 1, 2025). "Trump's 'bald power grab' could set US on path to dictatorship, critics fear". The Guardian . Retrieved March 1, 2025.
- ^ Lee, Ella (February 28, 2025). "National Democrats sue over Trump order to expand White House control of independent agencies". The Hill . Retrieved February 28, 2025.
- ^ Corasaniti, Nick (February 28, 2025). "Democratic National Committee Files Lawsuit Against Trump". The New York Times .
- ^ "DNC, DCCC & DSCC File Lawsuit Against Trump's Illegal Executive Order Ending Free and Fair Elections". Democrats.org. Democratic Party. February 28, 2025. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
