Executive overreach

Executive overreach is action by the executive branch that exceeds its constitutional or statutory authority — claiming powers that belong to Congress, to the courts, or to the states. Concrete forms include unilateral imposition of substantive policy without statutory grant, the redirection of appropriated funds to purposes Congress declined to authorize, the assertion of authority to nullify enacted law, and aggressive "inherent authority" claims that have no basis in text or precedent. Vigorous use of granted authority is not overreach; overreach is what happens when the executive acts as though limits don't apply.