An act which was blatantly unconstitutional.
“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.”
— James Madison, the father of the U.S. Constitution
““I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.—
Also quoted by Davy Crockett when he was in Congress and objected to a bill to provide $$$ to care for victims of a fire or whatever - I’ve forgotten just what the event was.
Don’t make them like this anymore...