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Appeals court rules Trump clamp-down on spending data defies Congress' authority [View all]
Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney.bsky.social
NEW: A federal appeals court ruled Saturday that the Trump administration's bid to shut off public access to crucial government spending data was an affront to Congress' power of the purse — and a law requiring disclosure.
w/ @joshgerstein
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/09/appeals-court-rules-trump-clamp-down-on-spending-data-defies-congress-authority-00501348
Judge Henderson's 27-page opinion was pretty blunt: The founders all agreed Congress power is "at its zenith" when it comes to federal spending — and every administration has agreed, until now, that Congress could set the terms of public disclosure too.
@kyledcheney.bsky.social
NEW: A federal appeals court ruled Saturday that the Trump administration's bid to shut off public access to crucial government spending data was an affront to Congress' power of the purse — and a law requiring disclosure.
w/ @joshgerstein
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/09/appeals-court-rules-trump-clamp-down-on-spending-data-defies-congress-authority-00501348
Judge Henderson's 27-page opinion was pretty blunt: The founders all agreed Congress power is "at its zenith" when it comes to federal spending — and every administration has agreed, until now, that Congress could set the terms of public disclosure too.
NEW: A federal appeals court ruled Saturday that the Trump administration's bid to shut off public access to crucial government spending data was an affront to Congress' power of the purse — and a law requiring disclosure.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2025-08-10T01:28:44.602Z
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Judge Henderson's 27-page opinion was pretty blunt: The founders all agreed Congress power is "at its zenith" when it comes to federal spending — and every administration has agreed, until now, that Congress could set the terms of public disclosure too. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2025-08-10T01:31:53.656Z
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