In the last several months, he has stepped up his use of emergency decrees and edicts to impose changes that other political parties and Greece's unions have a long history of trying to thwart.
President Vladimir Putin's decree Wednesday sought to impose restrictions on agricultural products from all countries with sanctions on Russia.
The Chicago Tribune wrote that "The new governor's decree effectively attempts to impose right-to-work rules on public employees, an idea Rauner and his pro-business allies also are pursuing for private-sector unions".
"Instead of waiting for the crisis to impose his decree, his decrees get him the emergencies he needs.
The ISA, though less wide-ranging than an emergency decree, allows the government to impose curfews, put up security checkpoints and restrict protesters when the need arises.
There's too much focus on "a small number of police who are bad actors," Sessions wrote, and "too many people believe the solution is to impose consent decrees that discourage the proactive policing that keeps our cities safe".
The finance ministry has been circulating a draft decree that would allow the government to impose price controls on a wide range of essential goods.
Scandals at the Los Angeles Police Department prompted the Justice Department in 2001 to impose a consent decree on the troubled department.
The plans were the latest announced under a state of emergency, decreed on June 12, that has permitted the authorities to impose sweeping restrictions.
In the past, emergency decrees in Thailand have usually meant deploying the army to impose order on the streets, says the BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok.
