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Surprise, surprise. CBS News declares attempted theft of 1.7 bn tax dollars by fiat "legal"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-anti-weaponization-fund-legal-questions/...
If we have an intersection collision with a postal truck and a settlement is negotiated to give $5 million to a family, does anybody have standing to come in and say, 'the government paid too much in that settlement?'" said Paul Figley, a law professor at American University. "No court is going to allow that. And that's what you're looking at."
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Under the Constitution, the executive branch does not have the power to make spending decisions. But Congress gave it the authority to pay judgments and settlements without legislative involvement when it created the Judgment Fund.
If we have an intersection collision with a postal truck and a settlement is negotiated to give $5 million to a family, does anybody have standing to come in and say, 'the government paid too much in that settlement?'" said Paul Figley, a law professor at American University. "No court is going to allow that. And that's what you're looking at."
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Under the Constitution, the executive branch does not have the power to make spending decisions. But Congress gave it the authority to pay judgments and settlements without legislative involvement when it created the Judgment Fund.
BULLSHIT!!!
That's NOT "what you're looking at."
Comparing this to the Judgment Fund (U.S. Treasury appropriation established by Congress in 1956) is lunacy!!!
This is NOT a "settlement"
Related:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221252676