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The Stephen A. Smith Show

Interview Only: CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig gives his take on the 26 executive orders signed first by Trump

The Stephen A. Smith Show

SiriusXM

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

4.31.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Stephen A. Smith is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Executive Producer, host of ESPN's First Take, and co-host of NBA Countdown.Support the show: http://www.youtube.com/@stephenasmith

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1:00.7

Joining me now to discuss the executive orders and what it all means for America is CNN

1:06.8

legal analyst Ellie Honig. Ellie, how are you, buddy? How's everything going, man?

1:12.7

Great to see you, Stephen A.

1:16.2

We are in a, by the way, a world's record has just been set.

1:21.0

Donald Trump just set the record for most executive orders ever issued on inauguration day, 26 of them.

1:22.3

So I know we're not going to go through all 26, but no president has ever come in on day

1:26.4

one and issued 26 orders before.

1:28.9

So happy to be here and help you walk through which ones are most important.

1:32.0

First day of his term in office, 26 executive orders.

1:36.0

First of all, I think when you think about that, what alarms you most about that?

1:42.6

What should alarm Americans most about such executive powers being exercised so early?

1:48.3

Well, I think broadly speaking, just the blunt exercise of executive force like that. I mean, look,

1:54.4

obviously the president has a lot of power, but these EOs, executive orders, are always controversial.

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