Congress, not the president, decides on government spending − a constitutional law professor explains how the ‘power of the purse’ works
Congress has the authority to control government expenditures. Donald Trump is the latest president to try to get around that ...
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Trump 2.0 vs. the US Constitution, annotated
provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of ...
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As President Trump expands his power, read these sections of the US Constitution [letter]
Please read the following text in relation to President Donald Trump’s tariffs and other sweeping executive orders: The Constitution ... the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general ...
City Journal26d
How Washington Can Finally Get Back to Fiscal Sanity
The Constitution states, “The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United ...
Esquire17d
The Trump Administration Just Froze All Federal Grants and Loans
Our continuing series on the many ways you can ignore your oath to the words of the Constitution if ... of government.” “...provide for the common defense...” From The Guardian: Donald ...
Townhall24d
Trump Stands With the Founders on Trade
Such a proposal would have sounded familiar to the Americans who wrote and ratified the Constitution and ... to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United ...
Esquire14d
For Trump, Cruelty Is Not the Only Point
Our continuing series on the many ways you can ignore your oath to the words of the Constitution if ... of government.” “...provide for the common defence...” From The Guardian: Donald ...
The Bulwark25d
Lies and False Pieties: Don’t Buy Donald Trump’s Presidential Act
The Constitution itself begins with a simple overview of what America expects from its leaders: “provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ...
Arutz Sheva9d
US Defense Sec. to Netanyahu: We'll provide you with the ammunition that was not provided
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ... Netanyahu that the Trump administration will provide Israel with the ammunition that was not ...
The Atlantic24d
The Attack on Birthright Citizenship Is a Big Test for the Constitution
Frederick Douglass, who argued that the Constitution did not sanction slavery, responded to the Taney decision by saying that one could find a defense ... the plain and common sense reading ...
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European leaders meet to discuss defense strategy
Several European leaders, along with NATO chief Mark Rutte, are meeting in Brussels to discuss common defense priorities. While many have reiterated the need to increase defense spending ...