Ep 114 — After Stealing Congress’s Spending Power, Trump Is Back For Advice And Consent

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2025-03-11
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2025-03-11
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<p dir="ltr">It's another week where the DOGE bros are trying to burn down the government, and another week where the courts are trying to stop it. For our main story, we focus on the Trump administration's crazy shenanigans at the United States Africa Development Corp. Trump may have tried to fire Senate-confirmed principal officers by email… to an email address that doesn't exist.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Links:</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Perkins Coie Executive Order</p> <p dir="ltr"> https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/addressing-risks-from-perkins-coie-llp/</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Climate United Fund v. Citibank [Docket via CL]</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69718818/climate-united-fund-v-citibank-na/"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69718818/climate-united-fund-v-citibank-na/</a> </p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Trump's false claim that Stacey Abrams headed a group that got $1.9 billion</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/06/trump-stacey-abrams-fact-checker/"> https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/06/trump-stacey-abrams-fact-checker/</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">US v. Adams docket (SDNY) (charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams)</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.628916/"> https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.628916/</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Brehm v. Morocco (DDC) (USADF)</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69711562/brehm-v-marocco/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69711562/brehm-v-marocco/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">USADF Act</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22/chapter-7/subchapter-XXIII"> https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22/chapter-7/subchapter-XXIII</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">USADF Bylaws</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278118/gov.uscourts.dcd.278118.7.5.pdf"> https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278118/gov.uscourts.dcd.278118.7.5.pdf</a></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Show Links:</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.lawandchaospod.com/">https://www.lawandchaospod.com/</a></p> <p dir="ltr">BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod</p> <p dir="ltr">Threads: @LawAndChaosPod</p> <p dir="ltr">Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod</p> <p> </p>

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