CSPAN Justices July 3, 2024
Decision in this case is the first time in a court in our nations history has hel that congress violated the appropriations clause by enacting a statute providing funding. This court should uphold the cfpbs funding statute because it is firmly grounded in constitutional text and in historical practice dating back to the founding. The text of the constitution shows that when the framers one to limit Congress Appropriations authority they did so expressly. While the framers restricted appropriationsor the army to two years, they applied no similar limits on appropriations for any other agency. H...