scope. obviously, again, if you look at the scope of how executive orders have been used in the past as opposed to how the president is using it, again, he's very much in the mainstream. let's listen to paul ryan. >> we have an increasingly lawless presidency where he is actually doing the job of congress, writing new policies and new laws without going through congress. presidents don't write laws. congress does. >> jonathan, congress writes laws, but when they don't, somebody's got to do something. >> exactly. i mean, you're looking at a president who's in his second year of his second term who's done battle with a congress that doesn't want to work with him. at a certain point, the president and his administration has to look and say, look, we were sent here to do something. we were sent here to accomplish something. so what can we do that doesn't force us to deal with congress because they've made it clear they don't want to work with us. >> also, don't you think part of the strategy here is that, you know -- i mean, the president is out there, you know, talking