3 days ago · Federal aid freeze may become first Trump case before Supreme Court The order to pause nearly all U.S. financial assistance for executive branch review poses a constitutional test of the president’s impoundment powers. ... Russell (Russ) Vought, Trump’s choice to lead OMB, has argued that the impoundment law is unconstitutional. Courts and ...

1 day ago · Based on a radical interpretation of Article II, Vought claims that the 1974 law is unconstitutional, and he hopes the conservative majority on the Supreme Court will strike it down.

2 days ago · Donald Trump and OMB Director nominee Russell Vought. ... It tees up a massive legal battle that will test whether this Supreme Court is willing to put any restraints on a president who seeks to ...

1 day ago · President Donald Trump and Office of Management and Budget director nominee Russell Vought want courts to rule that the Impoundment Control Act is unconstitutional. Evan Vucci via Associated Press ... Control Act and stated in an op-ed written with his former DOGE co-lead Vivek Ramaswamy that “we believe the current Supreme Court would likely ...

2 days ago · President Donald Trump’s dramatic pause of federal grants and loans is queuing up a Supreme Court showdown over the Constitution that will test the court’s recently muscular commitment to curb ...

Jan 15, 2025 · Senators on both sides of the aisle took issue Wednesday with Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Office of Management and Budget, noting that Russell Vought’s evasive and bureaucratic nonanswers...

Jan 15, 2025 · Donald Trump's choice to oversee the federal budget, Russell Vought, defended the U.S. president-elect's goal of cutting spending by refusing to spend money that Congress has already authorized...

Jan 23, 2025 · In Mr. Vought’s view, presidents (aided by recent Supreme Court rulings that curtail administrative independence) have powerful tools at their disposal to accomplish such a revolution. He calls ...

4 days ago · Some legal experts say the purges underway appear to be custom-made opportunities for the Supreme Court’s Republican ... He said Trump should next revoke the nomination of Russell Vought, his ...

Jan 15, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for White House budget director, declined Wednesday to fully commit to doling out congressionally approved funds,...