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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.

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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.

sharonparrott.bsky.social•25 days ago

Finally, President Trump’s Inauguration Day executive order ending birthright citizenship conflicts with the plain text of the 14th Amendment – an interpretation affirmed in 1898 by one of the most conservative Supreme Courts in U.S. history.

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