The Impoundment Crisis of 2025

Steve Vladeck: “When, not if, recipients of the frozen funds sue to challenge agencies’ compliance… it’s a virtual certainty that the Trump administration will argue that the ICA is unconstitutional and that the President has inherent constitutional authority to impound.”

“That argument is a loser, but it’s a good bet that it’s going to be up to the Supreme Court to say so—and probably a heck of a lot sooner than we might have predicted as recently as yesterday.”

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