The Supreme Court told Trump nothing he does is illegal and he has concluded that means taking away all power from Congress too.And then:
Dear Internet:
#SCOTUS holding that the President can't be prosecuted for official acts does *not* mean, under *any* non-frivolous reading, that the *federal government,* including all of its officers, is immune from civil suits for *its* official acts.
There's just no equivalency between the two.
(This is for everyone who keeps responding to posts about how crazy stuff that the Trump administration is going to get blocked in court by waving their hands and shouting "immunity." That's not how any of this works.)The irony here is that the Trump administration is waving their hands and shouting “immunity!” Sort of.
Lawyers don’t disagree on this. Congressional appropriations are public law, just like the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is law. The Constitution even says so.Talked to a bunch of House Rs this AM in Doral about the WH move to freeze federal aid. Many are defending Trump — including the chairman of House Appropriations Committee, Tom Cole, who told me he doesn’t “have a problem” with the White House decision pause the aid.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 28, 2025
“I think that’s probably what you ought to do when you’re coming in as a new administration,” he said.
When asked about the legality of the White House directing agencies not to spend money appropriated by Congress, Cole called it a “legitimate exercise of executive oversight” and noted that appropriations directed by Congress are “not a law.”
“I’m not a lawyer, I can’t pontificate on what’s legal but I suspect what’s happening is what most Republicans would be supportive of,” he said. “Appropriations is not a law, it’s the directive of Congress.”
“The lawyers disagree about what’s law and what’s not. Right know, I think it’s a legitimate exercise of executive oversight in areas they now control,” he added.
A couple of Rs are less certain, including swing-district Reps. David Valadao and Rep. Don Bacon, who said he hopes it is just “temporary” bc otherwise things could “shut down” in his district.
Ds say it’s a flagrant violation of the law.
That’s how some of this works.A federal judge has temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration's order to pause all federal grants and loans https://t.co/OtJQzoX1Zv
— CNN (@CNN) January 28, 2025
That’s illegal. Blatantly illegal. Has been illegal since 1974. https://t.co/7n9Tspauwl
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 28, 2025
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