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Legal scholars describe Trump's 2025 impoundment actions as the most significant separation-of-powers confrontation since which decade?

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Legal scholars compared this to Nixon's 1970s impoundment crisis because both presidents claimed inherent executive authority to refuse spending. Nixon impounded water pollution funds after Congress o...

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