In the last few decades,executive orders

A) have become increasingly rare due to the limitations Congress has imposed on unilateral presidential action.
B) have become focused almost exclusively on emergency wartime measures rather than on domestic policy matters.
C) have become routine instruments of presidential governance rather than emergency wartime measures.
D) have ended entirely due to a series of Supreme Court decisions outlawing most forms of unilateral presidential action.

In recent decades, executive orders have become routine instruments of presidential governance rather than emergency wartime measures. The use of executive orders has increased as Congress has become more gridlocked and partisan, making it difficult to pass legislation. The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of executive orders as long as they are within the president's authority and do not violate the Constitution or existing statutes. Therefore, executive orders remain an important tool for presidents to advance their policy goals.