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Donald Trump's executive orders on policing and criminal justice, 2025-2026

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Donald Trump's executive orders
(second term)
Recent executive orders:
Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting

Regarding the Acquisition of Certain Assets of Emcore Corporation by HieFo Corporation

Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research

Previous executive orders:

Executive orders by category:
First dayFirst 100 daysRevokes previous orderThe administrative stateEducationEnergy and the environmentForeign policyHealthImmigrationPolicing and criminal justiceTechnologyTrade and tariffs

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As of January 7, 2026, President Donald Trump (R) had signed 227 executive orders, 57 memoranda, and 116 proclamations in his second presidential term, which began on January 20, 2025. This page displays a list of executive orders President Donald Trump (R) issued during his second term in office related to policing and criminal justice.

Executive orders are directives the president writes to officials within the executive branch requiring them to take or stop some action related to policy or management. They are numbered, published in the Federal Register, cite the authority by which the president is making the order, and the Office of Management and Budget issues budgetary impact analyses for each order.[1][2] Click here to read more about executive orders issued during Trump's second term.

Executive orders issued by Donald Trump related to policing and criminal justice

Executive orders in the second term of the Trump administration

By category

Historical use of executive orders

Overview, 1789-present

The following chart shows the number of executive orders and average executive orders per year issued by each president of the United States from 1789 to present.

Average number of executive orders issued each year by president, 1921-present

The following chart visualizes the average number of executive orders issued each year between 1921 and present, as noted in the table in the section above. The number of executive orders issued declined during this time period with Presidents Barack Obama (D) and George W. Bush issuing the fewest on average at 35 and 36 each year, respectively.

Executive orders issued over time, 2001-present

The chart below displays the number of executive orders issued over time by Biden, Trump, Obama, and Bush.

First day, month, and year executive order totals, 2001-2025

The chart below displays the number of executive orders that Biden, Trump, Obama, and Bush issued on their first day in office, first month in office, and first year in office following a presidential transition.


See also

Footnotes

  1. Cooper, Phillip. (2014). By Order of the President: The Use and Abuse of Executive Direct Action. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. (pgs. 21-22)
  2. USA Today, "Presidential memoranda vs. executive orders. What's the difference?" January 24, 2017