Congress\u27s power of the purse -its authority to deny access to public funds-is one of its most essential constitutional authorities. A central mechanism through which English parliaments clawed liberty from reluctant monarchs, it remains a crucial check on executive overreaching. It may provide power to stop a president in his tracks. And yet, two centuries after the founding, the scope of this congressional power and its relationship with constitutional executive authorities remains both contested and inadequately theorized
The takings bills now moving through Congress contain a new method for funding private takings cla...
The Constitution provides: ―No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropr...
My topic is the delegation of legislative power which occurs when a statute authorizes the Executive...
In view of the significance of Congress\u27 power of the purse, it is surprising that there has been...
The Constitution places control of the federal government\u27s funds in the hands of Congress. This ...
The rise of the modern national security state has been accompanied by a vast expansion of executive...
Separation of powers doctrine will have implications for any budget regime which contemplates explic...
A constitutional clash is brewing. Cities and counties are flexing their muscles to frustrate nation...
Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution provides the Legislative Branch with the power of the ...
Actions of the federal government cost money. Legislative processes that specify the amounts and pur...
It seems that our maligned Congress, so docile at times in the face of presidential aggrandizement o...
Appropriations lie at the core of the administrative state and are becoming increasingly important...
We have been told that the prevailing interpretation of the appropriations clause on Capitol Hill is...
This Article considers the constitutionality and propriety of recent appropriations riders passed by...
Congress has significantly more constitutional power than we are accustomed to seeing it exercise. B...
The takings bills now moving through Congress contain a new method for funding private takings cla...
The Constitution provides: ―No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropr...
My topic is the delegation of legislative power which occurs when a statute authorizes the Executive...
In view of the significance of Congress\u27 power of the purse, it is surprising that there has been...
The Constitution places control of the federal government\u27s funds in the hands of Congress. This ...
The rise of the modern national security state has been accompanied by a vast expansion of executive...
Separation of powers doctrine will have implications for any budget regime which contemplates explic...
A constitutional clash is brewing. Cities and counties are flexing their muscles to frustrate nation...
Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution provides the Legislative Branch with the power of the ...
Actions of the federal government cost money. Legislative processes that specify the amounts and pur...
It seems that our maligned Congress, so docile at times in the face of presidential aggrandizement o...
Appropriations lie at the core of the administrative state and are becoming increasingly important...
We have been told that the prevailing interpretation of the appropriations clause on Capitol Hill is...
This Article considers the constitutionality and propriety of recent appropriations riders passed by...
Congress has significantly more constitutional power than we are accustomed to seeing it exercise. B...
The takings bills now moving through Congress contain a new method for funding private takings cla...
The Constitution provides: ―No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropr...
My topic is the delegation of legislative power which occurs when a statute authorizes the Executive...