A flurry of executive actions in recent weeks pose serious risks and concerns, and many are overtly unlawful. New @CenterOnBudget pieces explain the problems with DOGE access to the Treasury payment systems & illegal actions taken related to funding, regs, & citizenship. - ThreadSky

sharonparrott.bsky.social • 25 days ago

A flurry of executive actions in recent weeks pose serious risks and concerns, and many are overtly unlawful. New @CenterOnBudget pieces explain the problems with DOGE access to the Treasury payment systems & illegal actions taken related to funding, regs, & citizenship.

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sharonparrott.bsky.social•25 days ago

First, former OMB & Treasury official Jacob Leibenluft lays out the many problems posed by DOGE access to Treasury payment systems https://bit.ly/4gANKAf

sharonparrott.bsky.social•25 days ago

DOGE access to or control over these systems raises serious concerns, including the risk that payments will be illegally stopped based on Musk’s own or the Trump Administration’s political or policy preferences, as well as the risk of severe cybersecurity and privacy breaches.

sharonparrott.bsky.social•25 days ago

There’s also the potential that payments could be delayed to millions of individuals, including retirees & veterans, and to organizations & businesses providing public services on behalf of the federal government if forcing the system to do things it wasn’t built for breaks it.

sharonparrott.bsky.social•25 days ago

Next, David Super, Professor of Law & Economics at Georgetown, discusses the legal problems with many recent Trump Admin measures, focusing on funding freezes, repeal or amendment of rules, & denial of citizenship to children born in the U.S. https://bit.ly/42SkOjX

sharonparrott.bsky.social•25 days ago

Freezes: Courts have repeatedly held that the executive branch can’t impound funds. Congress enacted the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to give the President a legal way to request rescissions of funds. Trump has refused to follow the Act’s procedures & the Constitution.

sharonparrott.bsky.social•25 days ago

On rule changes and amendments, the Administrative Procedure Act requires federal agencies to seek public comment when they promulgate, amend, or repeal rules. The new Administration is repeatedly disregarding its statutory duty to seek public comment before it regulates.

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