The Trump admin’s decision to direct the IRS to issue tax refunds during the government shutdown may be illegal, NYT reports.https://t.co/xNMKGC5nMt

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 7, 2019

This is just a line-item veto in drag. SCOTUS held such cut-and-paste presidential responses to congressional spending flatly unconstitutional in Clinton v. NY (1998). @AriMelber @chrislhayes @Lawrence @chrislhayes @maddow @NicolleDWallace @RepAdamSchiff @RepJerryNadler https://t.co/lo0y6gOzSV

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 7, 2019