"The Court’s unwillingness to enforce various constitutional limitations on presidential power has been defended by arguing that Congress may defund actions of which it disapproves.  If the President may appropriate funds for whatever actions he desires without regard to statutory limits, that fallback constraint no longer exists."

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Balkinization: Presidential Appropriations

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