The next few months could be the most consequential period for US constitutional law since the Roosevelt administration.In a trio of cases, two currently pending before the Supreme Court and one that is likely to land on the justices’ doorstep as soon as Tuesday, President Donald Trump claims new powers that, if he prevails, would give him near-total control over all US fiscal and monetary policy.[...]If Trump gets what he wants from the Supreme Court, in other words, he could wind up with dictatorial authority over US fiscal and monetary policy — fully empowered to tax and spend without any meaningful checks from the other branches of government. And there is a real risk that this Court, which has a Republican supermajority that has shown extraordinary deference to the leader of their political party, will give Trump what he wants.
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33 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 20h
It's telling that Vox conflates "fiscal and monetary policy" with "the US economy". These are not even remotely the same things.
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner OP 20h
I thought the title was a bit clickbaity too, but then I wondered, aren't these the big cornerstones of the American economy?
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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 20h
They're certainly impactful (far more than they should be), but the economy is the entire set of choices made within society. Trump is certainly not asking to control that and the Supreme Court would have no authority to grant it.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 20h
Breaking News: Vox discovers fiscal conservatism
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