Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and current law professor at Liberty University School of Law, said he believes President Donald Trump’s work to address the “unaccountable government” through the temporary pause of federal financial assistance programs to review such funding is likely to be “backed up” by the courts as the Left attempts to derail the president’s actions through litigation.
Kline said Trump’s use of the presidential impoundment power to potentially save federal funds by pausing federal financial assistance programs pending further review is “clearly” appropriate.
“President Trump is clearly in an area where he can review these funds and determine if they’re being used for the proper purpose and try to find savings where he can,” Kline explained on Wednesday’s edition of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show.
“I believe that he will be backed up by the courts,” Kline added.
Kline said he further believes the courts will side with Trump if the president sticks to a “reasonable time frame” for the temporary pause in federal funding.
“I think you will see him, as it relates to this particular issue, offer a reasonable time frame for this pause and that the purpose is to find efficiencies and to ensure that funds are flowing consistent with the purpose of the appropriation and the congressional allocation of authority to the executive branch. He has to do that. That is the job of the president. I think if he does that and puts a time frame around it, it’s hard for the courts to prevent him from doing that,” Kline said.
When it comes to Trump’s efforts to identify and cut unnecessary funds in the federal government’s budget, Kline said the work stems from the president’s strong belief that the people elected him on a “mandate” to perform such a task.
“I think you see a president that is experienced, and he is hitting this on multiple fronts. He believes firmly that he was elected on a mandate, as I agree, that the federal government is bloated and oversized,” Kline said.
“He is addressing the unaccountable government we have, which really occurs through this nonprofit network and affiliation with the administrative state that enriches thousands of people who have learned how to manipulate the government process to their benefit through federal grants. Bully for him, go for it,” Kline added.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
