> But it's not madness based on the intended structure of government? The EO isn't saying "ignore Constitutional violations". It wouldn't be valid if it did.

If all executive actors must bend for the president’s orders, regardless of previous orders, laws and precedent, then nobody’s views in the executive branch matter, any time the President chooses.

They are now effectively sworn to a particular human, not the Constitution.

The President is now the “Constitution” for the executive branch.

(You might counter with the argument that they are sworn to the President’s Office first, but who actually gets to decide what that means? The human in that role.)

It is madness because a president whose will is unassailable within their own branch is also unassailable across all three branches.

The President has all the levers of practical coercive power.

Neither Congress can put any law into effect, or the Judiciary put any ruling into effect, without the cooperation of the executive branch. Without that, their existence is decorative.