The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” bill includes provision that would ban judicial system from enforcing contempt orders against court violations
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” bill includes provision that would ban judicial system from enforcing contempt orders against court violations
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'Hidden' provision in Trump's big bill could disarm US Supreme Court
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5013999
Don't worry, Steiner will make sure it won't pass in the Senate.
So the bill contains a bunch of unconstitutional stuff, does the whole bill/law die in court, or just the parts that are unconstitutional?
Just the unconstitutional parts. And the text stays on the books, just with a citation to the court case that says they're unconstitutional.
When the courts strike down a law, they have an obligation to keep as much of it intact as possible.
Example: Affordable Care Act. The individual mandate was eliminated, but the marketplace, subsidies, medicaid expansion, and the preventive care stuff stayed in place.
I thought this was an option. But it is strange that we don’t have “line item veto” in the executive branch, but we evidently have it in the judicial branch.