Circular Unconstitutionality

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EPA Administration Says $20 Billion Grants to Climate Groups Are Now Terminated

The move was announced in a post on Tuesday.

www.theepochtimes.com

The mind reels. If (1) Congress spends money that it lacks the Constitutional "power" to spend, and (2) passes an unconstitutional law that removes the President's power to decline go through with unconstitutional spending because in his judgment it is both wasteful and unconstituitonal, and (3) the President flouts this law by cancelling such spending, what is a Constitutional scholar to make of it? It is a puzzle.

According to one of the beneficiaries of the cancelled spending, “This is not just an attack on clean energy investments—it’s a blatant violation of the Constitution,” said Lena Moffitt, executive director of Evergreen Action, an environmental group that supports the project, in a statement last month. “The Trump team is once again trying to illegally slash programs meant to help American families to fund tax cuts for billionaires.”

But where in the Constitution does Congress get the "power" to "help American families"? Or to save the planet, for that matter? I've scoured the Constitution countless times, and Congress does not have the power to "help" any individual. Ever. Whether that "help" takes the form of food, healthcare, housing, education, or free dog food, it ain't in there.

 

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EPA Administration Says $20 Billion Grants to Climate Groups Are Now Terminated

The move was announced in a post on Tuesday.

www.theepochtimes.com

The mind reels. If (1) Congress spends money that it lacks the Constitutional "power" to spend, and (2) passes an unconstitutional law that removes the President's power to decline go through with unconstitutional spending because in his judgment it is both wasteful and unconstituitonal, and (3) the President flouts this law by cancelling such spending, what is a Constitutional scholar to make of it? It is a puzzle.

According to one of the beneficiaries of the cancelled spending, “This is not just an attack on clean energy investments—it’s a blatant violation of the Constitution,” said Lena Moffitt, executive director of Evergreen Action, an environmental group that supports the project, in a statement last month. “The Trump team is once again trying to illegally slash programs meant to help American families to fund tax cuts for billionaires.”

But where in the Constitution does Congress get the "power" to "help American families"? Or to save the planet, for that matter? I've scoured the Constitution countless times, and Congress does not have the power to "help" any individual. Ever. Whether that "help" takes the form of food, healthcare, housing, education, or free dog food, it ain't in there.

The Epoch Times a Reich Wing Conspiracy website. A cheap propaganda site that pays by the word. But I know you need to be lied to.

 

[MisterBeale]

From Epoch Times;

". . . . Zeldin added in a video released Tuesday that the FBI and the Department of Justice are both investigating the funds. The money has since been frozen, he added.

“Not only does EPA have full authority to take this action but frankly, we were left with no other option,” he said. The terminations announced Tuesday were done because the programs, he said, were in violation of the EPA’s statutory objectives and were misaligned with the administration’s focus. . . "

From Bloomberg;

“This termination is based on substantial concerns regarding the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) program integrity, the award process, programmatic fraud, waste, and abuse, and misalignment with agency’s priorities, which collectively undermine the fundamental goals and statutory objectives of the award,” according to the statement, which did not provide evidence for the accusations.

The program came under scrutiny from Republicans after an EPA employee was caught on camera by the right-wing activist group Project Veritas comparing the funding to “throwing gold bars off the Titanic,” discussing urgency of distributing the money “as fast as possible before they come in and stop it all,” and characterizing the effort as “an insurance policy against Trump winning.”

The EPA said it would work to “re-obligate lawfully appropriated funds in the GGRF with enhanced controls to ensure adequate governance, transparency, and accountability, consistent with statutory requirements.”

https://archive.ph/souDD#selection-1755.166-1755.203

Trump EPA administrator says this gov spending tactic 'should be the new normal'​

The Epoch Times a Reich Wing Conspiracy website.

TBH? The establishment Bloomberg source was far more informative. . . and in the end? It was much more damning of the bureaucracy.

EPA Advisor Admits ‘Insurance Policy’ Against Trump is Funneling Billions to Climate Organizations, “We’re Throwing Gold Bars off the Titanic” | Project Veritas

“Now it’s how to get the money out as fast as possible before they [Trump Administration] come in ... it’s like we’re on the Titanic and we’re throwing gold bars off the edge.” As President-Elect Trump readies to take office, gloomy EPA employees are scrambling to distribute funding for their...

www.projectveritas.com

'GOLD BARS': EPA Advisor Admits ‘Insurance Policy’ Against Trump Funnels Billions to Climate Groups​

Dec 3, 2024