"So where did Wilson get the idea that the Constitution requires a single, specific method of appropriations? He made it up"
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"The Supreme Court has never leveraged the appropriations clause to restrict a funding scheme authorized by Congress, or to restrict an agency’s authority. It has never even hinted at the notion of some constitutional limit on agency funding outside of annual appropriation bills. To the contrary, SCOTUS has affirmed Congress’ broad latitude to decide how agencies receive their budget. Absent any supportive precedent, Wilson resorted to pure partisan howls, quoting the Founding Fathers’ sweeping rhetoric about “elective despotism” and “political liberty.” But emotional appeals to the founding principles, framed in the broadest possible terms, is no substitute for precedent and logic."
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