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In a recent move, House Republicans have embedded a controversial provision in their tax cut legislation aimed at the affluent. This provision would retroactively shield the Trump administration from legal repercussions and contempt citations, effectively permitting the former president to disregard court orders.
Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has urged Senate Republicans to eliminate this provision from the proposed budget reconciliation bill, describing it as an overtly unconstitutional clause:
Senate Republicans must remove Section 70302 from their budget reconciliation bill, a provision that blatantly undermines the Constitution by allowing the administration to flout court orders, effectively stripping courts of their fundamental authority to hold accountable anyone—including government officials—who chooses to ignore judicial mandates.
This clause specifically targets legal actions against the government and other lawsuits that serve the public interest. It jeopardizes all past, present, and future court orders against the Trump Administration—and any subsequent administration. In essence, it grants Trump and his associates the green light to defy federal judges without facing any repercussions. Citizens across the nation adhere to court rulings daily, risking contempt findings; yet Congressional Republicans appear eager to bestow upon government officials a peculiar form of ‘royal exemption.’
As President Trump finds himself on the losing end of multiple court cases, his growing discomfort with the judicial system’s authority to enforce justice is palpable. In response to the Trump Administration’s public denigration of federal courts’ legitimacy, Congressional Republicans have chosen to disregard the Constitution and the rule of law. This provision would effectively bind federal courts from holding Trump Administration officials in contempt in cases contesting the president’s unconstitutional actions.
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