Tickerguy
212k posts, incept 2007-06-26
2025-01-26 08:20:07
Its entirely possible @Unwashed that the Supremes duck it that way and it would be difficult to overcome the standing issue for anyone trying to challenge it since the "clean hands" doctrine is real and they can punt on that basis.
That would leave the E/O as valid and then it becomes up to Congress to address, which is quite sticky because it would be difficult to craft resolution in a form that passes muster under Reconciliation, thus it otherwise requires a cloture vote in the Senate (that could be a tough one.) Reconciliation can only include things that are reasonably tied to either revenue or spending; this is obviously tangentially so but I bet the Parliamentarian rules it isn't.
However the Supremes are cognizant of the "back and forth" nature of E/Os and the disruption attendant with it, so that's the counterbalance in that while they certainly CAN whether they would choose to is a different question.
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