Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 362: Listen and Learn -- The Taxing and Spending Clause (Con Law)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 183: Listen and Learn -- Taxing and Spending Clause (Con Law)
Shortly after retaking office, President Trump issued Executive Order 14218, “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders.” Invoking a landmark 1996 statute—the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation...more
The annual appropriations process requires Congress to pass, and the President to sign, funding bills into law by the end of each federal fiscal year. While Article I of the Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse...more
President Trump just signed a sweeping new executive order directing the federal government to file lawsuits and cut funding for states that regulate artificial intelligence, a move that could dramatically impact the use of...more
The December 11, 2025 Executive Order on “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” seeks to establish a unified federal approach to AI by mobilizing federal agencies to challenge state laws, condition...more
In 2025, the government has canceled or discontinued billions of dollars in federal grants. Entities seeking to challenge these terminations have faced uncertainty as to which forum is appropriate for such claims. A federal...more
A group of 21 Democratic AGs filed a lawsuit challenging new US DOJ restrictions on the use of federal funding for legal services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other violent crimes. ...more
The White House has issued two new Executive Orders (EOs) concerning criminal justice. These orders, both signed on August 25, 2025, signal the administration’s intent to apply federal resources to influence state and local...more
In mid-June, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ordered the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to share the personal information of millions of Medicaid enrollees with the Department of Homeland...more
President Trump issued two anti-DEI executive orders at the start of his second term that shook up the workplace and left federal contractors and private employers wondering how to comply. Employers grappled with...more
In a significant legal move, Democracy Forward, on behalf of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE), the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Restaurant Opportunities...more
In its decision vacating the United States Department of Education’s 2024 Title IX Regulations on January 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky found that the Department of Education exceeded...more
On January 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued a ruling in which it vacated the 2024 Title IX regulations that went into effect in many states on August 1, 2024....more
On Jan. 9, 2025, the Eastern District of Kentucky held in State of Tennessee, et al. v. Miguel Cardona, et al. that the U.S. Department of Education’s 2024 Final Rule implementing Title IX is “unlawful.” This court decision...more
A federal court just blocked the sweeping Title IX rule finalized by the Biden administration last year – effectively wiping the entire rule off the books for all schools nationwide. Prior to Thursday’s ruling, schools across...more
Last year was a turbulent one for Title IX, and although we are just a few days into 2025, this turbulence has persisted into the new year. Yesterday, January 9, 2025, a federal district court in Kentucky issued a ruling that...more
On January 9, 2025, in State of Tennessee v. Cardona, Civil Action No. 2:24-cv-072-DCR, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky vacated the Title IX Final Rule that was issued by the U.S. Department of...more
On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education (“Department”) released the long-awaited Final Rule to Title IX. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a statute with corresponding regulations that protect people...more
Last Thursday, a United States District Court in Louisiana enjoined implementation of the amended Title IX regulations (2024 Final Rule), the first decision in one of several cases challenging the 2024 Final Rule. The new...more
Louisiana remains at the forefront of environmental justice activity. In just four days from January 19 to January 23, 2024, two courts in Louisiana offered interpretations to environmental justice efforts in the State of...more
As the objectives gain traction, they are meeting state resistance in court. The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) strategic plan for 2022–26, released in March 2022, added a new foundational principle to the...more
On 8 June 2023, in Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the rights set out in the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act (FNHRA) can be enforced under 42 U.S.C. §...more
Today’s post provides an important update on the Supreme Court case Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County (HHC) v. Talevski. As readers will remember, our blog has been following this case since it made its way to...more
On June 8, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Health & Hospital Corp. of Marion Cty. v. Talevski, No. 21-806, holding that certain rights contained in the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act (FNHRA) can be enforced through a...more
In Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C., 142 S. Ct. 1562 (April 28, 2022) (U.S. Supreme Court) concludes that damages for emotional distress are not recoverable under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the...more
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In today's episode from our "Listen and Learn" series, we're discussing the Taxing and Spending Clause of the Constitution, which specifies how Congress can collect taxes and...more