Sean McBride

Proud to March with @mcbride.house.gov in the Hockessin 4th of July Parade.
Was a family affair.

This enables the court to avoid embracing the gov’s arg that universal injunctions can never be issued. And there’s a “how convenient” to this.

You know that right-wing judge who keeps issuing nationwide injunctions re: abortion? Well, he’s interpreting a different statute, the APA. Doesn’t apply.

I’m going to owe my kids
“curse word” money when they read this article. Proud, as always, of Aunt SaSa :)
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this piece from @rickhills.bsky.social and @richardprimus.bsky.social is excellent on the big picture background, w concrete case studies from early republic and early 20c repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol119/i...

Trump signed an executive order late last night that illegally strips workers of their collective bargaining rights. This will impact over one million Americans.

I’ll support all efforts to stop this egregious assault on labor unions.

3/n "The Children's Health Defense (RFK Jr's vaccine shop) is hereby solely empowered to regulate the approval of vaccines that are reasonable and necessary for the public health, notwithstanding any provision of the FDCA"

2/n A hypothetical for legal sky @jdmortenson.bsky.social @joshchafetz.bsky.social. Is there any element of constitutional text or structure (putting aside original meaning) that would prevent the following statutory delegation to a private entity?...

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1/n Oral arguments in Consumer Research didn't sound favorable for fans of "public" non-delegation. But with a Congress currently enthrall to the executive, we should want checks on Congress' ability to delegate legislative authority, even if it desires the delegation.

The firm’s statement is worth reading:

The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.

Well argued. Persuasive. And a clarion call to action for America's universities.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

This is the correct response.

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@ilyasomin.bsky.social calls it correctly. The US govt has paid El Salvador to imprison individuals who are merely alleged to have a committed crimes in the US. A flagrant violation of the 5th amendment.

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Does arranging and paying for the imprisonment in El Salvador of persons formerly on US soil who are merely accused (but not convicted) of criminal activity within the United States encroach on these individuals' 5th and 6th amendment rights? @stevevladeck.bsky.social #legalsky

Josh makes short work of the “unitary” executive theory. As a convinced congressional maximalist, was a great listen. Would also encourage folks to check out @jedshug.bsky.social’s “Vesting” and @jdmortenson.bsky.social’s “The Executive Power Clause”. Case closed. @mcbride.house.gov

This was the date set in the end of year (2024) appropriations bill passed by the prior Congress and signed by President Biden. Congress was always going to have to provide for a statutory extension. We knew this in December. I’m confident Congress will act.Our seniors deserve it.
#medsky

4/n The probability of NIH being able to effectuate this change in the near term seems to me to be de minimis. #medsky #legalsky

3/n Moreover, there are compelling arguments that this "diktat by tweet" violates both the APA (5 U.S.C. § 553) and, to the extent that granted monies represent a property interest (they do), the due process clause of the 5th Amendment.

Indirect Costs at NIH . . . I wasn’t planning on spending part of a Saturday writing about cost accounting principles and the like, but NIH-world was hit with a doozy of a policy announcement on Friday night:

2/n @stuartbuck.bsky.social lays out a compelling case and identifies the key statute that makes what NIH is attempting to do ultra vires (Title II, Division H, Section 224 of Public Law 118-47). The plaint text of Section 224 forbids this type of adjustment. goodscience.substack.com/p/indirect-c...

1/n Reasonable people can differ as to what the % threshold should be for indirects. But while our nation remains committed to the rule of law, there are bright line statutory and constitutional bars to unilaterally changing that threshold via Tweet (charitably described as sub-regulatory guidance)

He's asking to replace EPIC with this

<son rummaging through my iphone with full storage so he can find apps to delete and install a game>

Son: Dada! Can I delete EPIC?

Me:

Son: Can I?

Me: Um....

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In the middle of Monday night after pausing critical federal funding that American families and workers rely on, President Trump fired NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo and Board Member Gwynne Wilcox. 🧵

There is simply no plausible argument that the president has the constitutional authority to refuse to spend appropriated funds because he doesn’t like how the money is being spent.

The legality of policy impoundments is just not a close question.

Judge Blocks Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship A federal judge in Seattle has issued a temporary order halting the president’s plan.

Thank god for the federal judiciary. The last bulwark of constitutional accountability.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...

Today I met with Colombian Ambassador Daniel García-Peña Jaramillo as part of my new role on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. We discussed the root causes of immigration and the trafficking of drugs from South America.

Great thread on public sector unionization (a category of worker who was not covered by the NLRA).

Actually, Sarah McBride does have an agenda Sarah McBride, the first out transgender member of Congress, represents Delaware in the House, and has fielded attacks from fellow members such as Rep. Nancy Mace.

Nice to see SaSa acting as a positive role model for the silent majority of Americans who love a good meal from their local KFC/Taco Bell. @mcbride.house.gov

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It is the honor of a lifetime to represent Delaware in Congress. Let’s get to work.

So proud of Rep Sarah McBride (aka Aunt SaSa). The family was thrilled to be alongside her for the big day #politics #USHouse