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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen the CR passes, it will be harder to challenge Trump in Court
since it legally gives Trump and Musk the power to do the things Schumer claims would happen in a shut down.
So instead of calling the GOP's threat of a shutdown, he allows the next four years to be a shit storm.
He got zero concessions from the GOP and now is giving complete authority to Trump.

Ocelot II
(124,338 posts)and I expect it will be, since it gives Trump broad power to allocate and spend federal money without Congressional approval. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 says: "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States." The case law interpreting the spending clause deals with the extent of Congress' spending power, not the power of the executive to interfere with it. Let's see if there's a constitutional challenge - and yes, I'm well aware of the fact that this SCOTUS seems unduly sympathetic to the power of the executive, but this is a unique situation, and I can foresee lower federal courts issuing injunctions based on the spending clause in particular cases, which would at least throw sand in the gears.
edhopper
(35,809 posts)After all the damage is done. And Trump has 2 more fascists on the SCOTUS.
Stuckinthebush
(11,120 posts)The constitution still reigns supreme here. The CR doesn't change that.