Immigration,
Government,
Constitutional Law
Jul. 7, 2020
Cases will test who can enforce Congress’ appropriations powers
More than a year and a half ago, President Donald Trump, unwilling to accept Congress' repeated explicit refusals to fund a wall spanning the Southern border, declared a spurious national emergency and began building it anyway. Recently, the 9th Circuit ruled like every other lower federal court to consider the merits and affirmed the district's judgment that the administration's spending is unlawful and unconstitutional in violation of the appropriations clause of the Constitution.
Douglas A. Winthrop
Partner
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
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Email: douglas.winthrop@apks.com
Univ of Minnesota L S; Minneapolis MN
Irvin Nathan
Senior Counsel
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Andrew Tutt
Senior Associate
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Sam Callahan
Associate
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
More than a year and a half ago, President Donald Trump, unwilling to accept Congress' repeated explicit refusals to fund a wall spanning the Southern border, declared a spurious national emergency and began building it anyway. Recently, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals -- by a 2-1 vote -- ruled like every other lower federal court to consider the merits and affirmed the district's judgment that the administration's spending is unlawful and...
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