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Three fronts, one pattern: war powers, deployment powers, spending powers—each stretched past its legal frame.
The question running through all of it:
Who still draws the lines?
The question running through all of it:
Who still draws the lines?
October 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Three fronts, one pattern: war powers, deployment powers, spending powers—each stretched past its legal frame.
The question running through all of it:
Who still draws the lines?
The question running through all of it:
Who still draws the lines?
Experts warn: if this stands, presidents could fund any “essential” mission without Congress.
Troops got paid—but the Power of the Purse may have been spent in the process.
Troops got paid—but the Power of the Purse may have been spent in the process.
October 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Experts warn: if this stands, presidents could fund any “essential” mission without Congress.
Troops got paid—but the Power of the Purse may have been spent in the process.
Troops got paid—but the Power of the Purse may have been spent in the process.
Troop pay & the Power of the Purse
During the shutdown, DoD used leftover R&D money to pay troops after its personnel accounts expired.
It kept paychecks flowing—but likely broke appropriations law and blurred Congress’s control of spending.
rollcall.com/2025/10/17/m...
During the shutdown, DoD used leftover R&D money to pay troops after its personnel accounts expired.
It kept paychecks flowing—but likely broke appropriations law and blurred Congress’s control of spending.
rollcall.com/2025/10/17/m...
Trump's military pay move puts Congress in the back seat on spending - Roll Call
Trump’s latest budget maneuver — paying military salaries out of unrelated research funding — makes lawmakers’ appropriations authority practically irrelevant, critics argue.
rollcall.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Troop pay & the Power of the Purse
During the shutdown, DoD used leftover R&D money to pay troops after its personnel accounts expired.
It kept paychecks flowing—but likely broke appropriations law and blurred Congress’s control of spending.
rollcall.com/2025/10/17/m...
During the shutdown, DoD used leftover R&D money to pay troops after its personnel accounts expired.
It kept paychecks flowing—but likely broke appropriations law and blurred Congress’s control of spending.
rollcall.com/2025/10/17/m...
The case tests whether a president can unilaterally send troops into a state over its objections—or whether that power still stops at the courthouse door.
www.lawdork.com/p/the-trials...
www.lawdork.com/p/the-trials...
The trials of litigating against Trump
As Trump troop deployments are blocked in Chicago, Trump appellate appointees push back on the order blocking deployments in Portland. And, another Trump target indicted.
www.lawdork.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The case tests whether a president can unilaterally send troops into a state over its objections—or whether that power still stops at the courthouse door.
www.lawdork.com/p/the-trials...
www.lawdork.com/p/the-trials...