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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by Xelynega on Thursday February 20, 2025 @01:51PM (#43118541)
"I'm the elected president so I get to decide the allocation of government money" is basically the legal theory that Trump is putting forward to be challenged.
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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by Zamaamiro on Thursday February 20, 2025 @04:36PM (#43120544)
A plain reading of the Constitution as well as the 1974 Impoundment Control Act should both be enough to debunk that legal theory, but alas here we are.

[1] https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-impoundment-crisis-of...

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