Government,
Constitutional Law
Dec. 11, 2024
Trump's recess appointments and money impounding versus congress
Donald Trump's push for recess appointments and unilateral control over federal spending raises serious constitutional concerns, echoing historical lessons about the dangers of undermining legislative power.
Dan Jacobson
Attorney
Phone: (714) 505-4872
Email: dlj@jacobsonlawyers.com
Dan Jacobson is a practicing attorney in Tustin; a law professor-emeritus; a retired Governor of the California Insurance Guarantee Association, having been appointed to that position by Congressman John Garamendi, when Congressman Garamendi was California's Insurance Commission; and, a recently retired member of California's Board of Accountancy, having been appointed to that position by Assembly-Speaker Anthony Rendon.
At Martinez v. Department of Transportation 238 Cal.App.4th
559, 564 (2015), Justice William Bedsworth aptly noted that "there is what has
become known as 'Godwin's Law' [which] [b]roadly
speaking, [states] that the first side in an argument to compare the other
side to Hitler or the Nazis loses." This article is an exception that proves
Godwin's Law.
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