All the Things Wrong with Trump’s Billion-Dollar Fund

Sarah Isgur and David French analyze President Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund through the lens of three legal “buckets,” and talk about how federal appropriations work and the Obama-era case that hangs over this legal issue. The two also discuss the Supreme Court’s latest cert grant on a Title IX case, plus the circuit split brewing over the First Amendment and judicial elections. 

The Agenda:

–Court agrees to hear case on the ability of employees to bring certain suits for sex discrimination

–Going through the settlement agreement, it’s practically a blank check!

–Todd Blanche essentially pardons Trump’s family

–‘That’s not how appropriations work.’

–Georgia Supreme Court race finishes strong 

Show Notes:

–Chief Judge William Pryor’s opinion

–Anti-Weaponization Fund

–Keepseagle v. Vilsack

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