They are exempt from participating in the mandates?
Or they are exempt as in they have no say in the matter? Executive orders were intended for "hey let's honor this person for a day. Then run it thru congress and see if they want to enact a law for an annual holiday." That is how I always saw them. Temporary feel good decisions that were insignificant in the scheme of how our country operates. They have been grossly abused. Obama, Trump, and now Biden just keep expanding their reach. I don't remember Bush using them. If he did, I don't recall. Same for Clinton.