Federal Appeals Court Finds Geofence Warrants Are Categorically Unconstitutional

Re:Federal Appeals Court Finds Geofence Warrants Are Categor... by jfengel on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @10:55PM (#41242109)

It is when all it does is fund what they've already decided on. Appropriations bills just fund priorities established by existing law. All it does is keep the executive branch doing its job.

Which seems like the bare minimum and even that much is often too much to ask.

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Re:Federal Appeals Court Finds Geofence Warrants Are Categor... by refurb on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @12:10AM (#41242462)

Thats not how budgets are set, so they are actually contentious. And they don’t fall under “laws passed”, only modifications are.

But regardless, of the 78 laws passed only 5 were around appropriations.

Of the remaining 75 they included infrastructure, veterans affairs, trade, hunting, Native American rights, research, workers rights, disaster relief, export laws, internal relations, and crime.

So clearly plenty of laws do get passed by Congress despite your claim of a “high bar”.

What it really sounds like is laws you want aren’t passed but that somehow supports the idea Congress is broken.

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