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Should be a wild four years.

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How is withholding federal funds the same as taking possession of something? If anything, that sounds like the opposite, no?
The main thing I found was the 1974 ICA which has a short history detailed here. It's not so much taking possession of something, more like it's rescinding a promise to pay something. Here's a reprint of an article from around the time of the controversy that sparked the act.

Essentially, the funds were promised to some entity or purpose by congress, and then the president prevented them from being used for that purpose and/or by that entity, thus impounding the funds. From what I can tell, the act makes it so the President can't impound funds for longer than the remainder of the financial year.

My expectation is that it's not a breach of the act because it hasn't been October 30th yet, but from what I understand, Trump has no plans to ever release the funds unless his demands are met, or at least he has yet to make those plans public. Does he plan to quietly release the funds on October 29th if he gets stonewalled out, but is banking on the other side needing the money enough to cave before then? Is he hoping that nobody realizes he's not allowed to keep them for longer? Is he provoking a bunch of judges to do stupid shit this year, so when October comes and they try to bring a real case that has merit against him like breach of the ICA, they've cried wolf?
 
DO NOT MOVE TO ILLINOIS!
IT IS LITERALLY THE WORST STATE IN THE UNION!

THE WORST GOVERNMENT, POLICE, TAXES, ROADS, AND LAWS!
THE FOOD ISN'T EVEN GOOD ANYMORE. ALL THE LOCAL BUSINESSES DIED IN COIVD!
EVERYTHING IS GOYSLOP AND GOYINDUSTRY UNLESS YOU DRIVE INTO CHICAGO!
THERE ARE NO JOBS OUTSIDE OF MAJOR CITIES THAT PAY OVER $12K-$30K A YEAR, AND EVERY YEAR THERE IS LESS BUSINESS OPERATING IN IL!
NO ONE GOES OUTSIDE SINCE THEY EITHER GET SHOT BY NIGGERS OR LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWEHERE!
YOU WILL NOT FIND AN APARTMENT FOR UNDER $2,000 A MONTH, UNLESS IT WAS BUILT IN THE 70s (typically $1,800 a month) OR IN A NIGGERHIVE!
I second this.

Here are a few more reasons:

1. Chicongo
2. Cicero
3. Rockford
4. East St. Louis
5. Dupo
6. Cairo
7. Decatur
8. Freeport
9. German Valley--and NOT just because a guy got caught multiple times fucking a horse in front of a passing schoolbus full of kids
10. Belvidere--EL BELVIDOR
 
I was not aware of that. Which case was that argued under?
Several. The among most recent was when Trump 1 tried firing Administrative law judges, at 'independent' executive agencies. Turns out, unless a particular position is specifically created by Congress, using recognized Legislative Branch Enumerated Powers, anyone in the EB can be fired by the President.

It's pure Separation of Powers law, the President can shut anything in the EB down, then according to the Impoundment Act, has to write a book report to Congress, and return unspent funds.

They haven't yet figured a way around Article 2
The executive Power shall be vested in a President
 
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Turns out, unless a particular position is specifically created by Congress, using recognized Legislative Branch Enumerated Powers, anyone in the EB can be fired by the President.
Even Congressionally created positions like Cabinet Secretaries can be fired at-will by the President.

The Constitution is very clear that the branches are co-equal and can not regulate one another except through a Constitutional Amendment.

Judicial Review is a gentleman's agreement, not a law, and the courts best remember that.
 
Even Congressionally created positions like Cabinet Secretaries can be fired at-will by the President.

The Constitution is very clear that the branches are co-equal and can not regulate one another except through a Constitutional Amendment.

Judicial Review is a gentleman's agreement, not a law, and the courts best remember that.
SCOTUS directly avoided even ruling on these cases until 1926. Basically, prior to 1926, if the President told you to fuck off, you fucked off. Now we're pretty much back to the original standard.
Anyone not allergic to reading-

Can see how insane these arguments are.
 
I thought this was already done during trials?
It is. This is just TDS applied to his admin. Someone tainted with the sin of being near Trump wants to do something that is done every day, and suddenly that's a problem because TRUUUUUUUUUUUMPHFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFREEEEEEEE.
 
Gordon Chang is a national treasure and a model for Chinese American contrition.
He's not wrong. Forget everything else Trump has done, all it took was the slightest pressure from America and China is buckling under its own weight. It's models aren't sustainable. The only reason China was successful, which should be clear now more than ever, is because you had bought and paid for politicians. It could and never would've risen to this much power on its without institutional influence. There was never any merit in what China did. It was just another fake n gay economy created by this fake n gay inflammatory world.

Dude, you can feel this article's author seething through the damn screen. The Finance Minister was asked a question, gave a response, and this dipfuck is acting like he just threatened to shoot Trump in the head.
Good. I hope they do and then there's no more Japan. It will collapse the country overnight. How many times do I have to reiterate Japan is NOT a country? It is a vassal state like Puerto Rico.
 
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Just a quick drop...

Sesame Street is owned and run by Sesame Workshop AKA Children's Television Workshop.

They own the rights to Sesame Street's characters.

And the US government gives them only about $5 million a year.

THe first person to withhold funds was Carter.
 
He's not wrong. Forget everything else Trump has done, all it took was the slightest pressure from America and China is buckling under its own weight. It's models aren't sustainable. The only reason China was successful, which should be clear now more than ever, is because you had bought and paid for politicians. It could and never would've risen to this much power on its without institutional influence. There was never any merit in what China did. It was just another fake n gay economy created by this fake n gay inflammatory world.


Good. I hope they do and then there's no more Japan. It will collapse the country overnight. How many times do I have to reiterate Japan is NOT a country? It is a vassal state like Puerto Rico.
China Observer YouTube channel is pretty fucking crazy....china looks like a dystopian hellhole for average Chinese....
 
DO NOT MOVE TO ILLINOIS!
IT IS LITERALLY THE WORST STATE IN THE UNION!

THE WORST GOVERNMENT, POLICE, TAXES, ROADS, AND LAWS!
THE FOOD ISN'T EVEN GOOD ANYMORE. ALL THE LOCAL BUSINESSES DIED IN COIVD!
EVERYTHING IS GOYSLOP AND GOYINDUSTRY UNLESS YOU DRIVE INTO CHICAGO!
THERE ARE NO JOBS OUTSIDE OF MAJOR CITIES THAT PAY OVER $12K-$30K A YEAR, AND EVERY YEAR THERE IS LESS BUSINESS OPERATING IN IL!
NO ONE GOES OUTSIDE SINCE THEY EITHER GET SHOT BY NIGGERS OR LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWEHERE!
YOU WILL NOT FIND AN APARTMENT FOR UNDER $2,000 A MONTH, UNLESS IT WAS BUILT IN THE 70s (typically $1,800 a month) OR IN A NIGGERHIVE!
I second this.

Here are a few more reasons:

1. Chicongo
2. Cicero
3. Rockford
4. East St. Louis
5. Dupo
6. Cairo
7. Decatur
8. Freeport
9. German Valley--and NOT just because a guy got caught multiple times fucking a horse in front of a passing schoolbus full of kids
10. Belvidere--EL BELVIDOR
Briar patch scenario. These people are trying to prevent you from moving to paradise. Move there, it is great.

Don't move near any of the rest of us.
 
TRUMP AMERICA WHERE CITIZENS GET MORE JOBS THAN JEETS
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This kind of gives me hopes that Trump is aware he has India by the balls with any trade deal for the simple fact he can turn off the H1-B/Visa and shutdown the remittance money India gets at any second.

Still hoping he doesn't betray us.
 
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