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9 results for “balanced budget”

Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

S.Con.Res. 7: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

SCONRES 7 is a routine internal congressional budget framework for FY2025 through FY2034. It stays inside the taxing, borrowing, and appropriations powers, imposes no rights burden, takes no property, and centralizes nothing that a lower…
VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to cl-10881683 · Jun 30, 2026

Re-decided holding: The government's acquisition of Google Location History data via a geofence warrant does not violate the Fourth Amendment because the data was voluntarily disclosed to a third party and the warrant was supported by probable cause.

Whether police officers conducted a Fourth Amendment search when they obtained a geofence warrant and acquired Okello Chatrie's Google Location History data without a warrant supported by probable cause particularized to him. 1) The…
VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to cl-10873663 · Jun 16, 2026

Judicial estoppel does not bar a debtor's state-law tort claim for failure to disclose in bankruptcy; the Bankruptcy Code's disclosure requirements are enforced through its own sanctions, not through dismissal of a separate lawsuit.

Whether a debtor's failure to disclose a personal-injury claim in bankruptcy proceedings should be deemed inadvertent or mistaken for purposes of judicial estoppel, and whether the Fifth Circuit's two-factor test (knowledge of facts +…
VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to 2026-14999 · Jul 29, 2026

Made in America Week, 2026 – Corrected Proclamation

To designate a week to encourage Americans to purchase American-made products, thereby promoting domestic manufacturing and economic patriotism. By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Section 1. Designation. The…
VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to cl-10881681 · Jun 30, 2026

The FTC's for-cause removal restriction is constitutional as applied to officers exercising quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial powers; the President may remove FTC members only for cause.

Does the Constitution permit Congress to restrict the President's removal of Federal Trade Commission members to 'for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office'? 1) The question: Does the Constitution prohibit Congress from…
VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to cl-10877643 · Jun 20, 2026

Rooker-Feldman applies only to final judgments from the highest state court in which review could be had, consistent with 28 U.S.C. §1257.

Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars federal district court jurisdiction over a case brought by a state-court loser when the state-court judgment remains subject to further review in state appellate proceedings. 1) The question is…
VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 8365 · May 15, 2026

Federal Court Monitor Transparency Act

…salary annually, funded only through case-specific fees or existing judiciary budgets. Unauthorized expenses trigger automatic review and clawback. The Judicial Conference will compile annual reports on monitor usage, shared publicly and…
Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 10, 2026

H.R. 1526: NORRA of 2025

…on injunctions is a procedural rule, which Congress may enact, but it must be balanced against the judiciary's inherent equitable powers. The bill does not directly infringe on any specific right enumerated in the Bill of Rights. However,…
Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 08, 2026

H.R. 6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

Federal housing aid through conditional spending has a plausible basis in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, and the bill avoids direct rights violations, takings, or due-process denials. It loses ground because housing, zoning, permitting,…

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S.Con.Res. 7: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

Re-decided holding: The government's acquisition of Google Location History data via a geofence warrant does not violate the Fourth Amendment because the data was voluntarily disclosed to a third party and the warrant was supported by probable cause.

Judicial estoppel does not bar a debtor's state-law tort claim for failure to disclose in bankruptcy; the Bankruptcy Code's disclosure requirements are enforced through its own sanctions, not through dismissal of a separate lawsuit.

Made in America Week, 2026 – Corrected Proclamation

The FTC's for-cause removal restriction is constitutional as applied to officers exercising quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial powers; the President may remove FTC members only for cause.

Rooker-Feldman applies only to final judgments from the highest state court in which review could be had, consistent with 28 U.S.C. §1257.

Federal Court Monitor Transparency Act

H.R. 1526: NORRA of 2025

H.R. 6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act