While H.R.1's fiscal irresponsibility threatens Medicare and Social Security through explosive debt growth, the bill contains even more alarming provisions that systematically dismantle constitutional safeguards and judicial authority.
Section 70302 strips federal courts of contempt power against government officials who violate court orders.
Section 112209 gives Treasury Secretary power to eliminate nonprofits with minimal due process.
Section 80121 exempts oil/gas from ALL environmental laws and court oversight.
"Probably unconstitutional... without the contempt power, judicial orders are meaningless and can be ignored."
— Erwin Chemerinsky, Constitutional Scholar
21 Members of Congress warn these provisions "strike at the very core of judicial authority that is granted in our Constitution."
Full Constitutional Crisis AnalysisH.R.1 goes beyond fiscal irresponsibility:
Constitutional scholars call it "probably unconstitutional"