Dictatorship is defined as form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations. While the United States is known as a democracy and was founded on the beliefs of a democracy, in recent years many people have begun to compare America's government to that of a dictatorship. The use of executive orders is one way that this can be explained. An executive order is a rule or order issued by the president to an executive branch of the government and having the force of law. An executive order can be implemented with out congressional oversight. Our government was founded on a basis that it would be ruled by the people and our founding fathers instituted a great set of checks
