德克萨斯州联邦法官裁定 2022 年 1.7 万亿美元的美国支出法案违宪。 A Texas federal judge ruled the 2022 $1.7tn US spending bill unconstitutional.

德克萨斯州一名联邦法官裁定，2022 年通过的 1.7 万亿美元政府支出法案违反了美国宪法。 A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a $1.7 trillion government spending bill passed in 2022 violated the US Constitution. 法院发现，众议院使用流行病时期的规则，允许缺席的议员计入法定人数并通过代理投票，从而违反了法定人数条款。 The court found that the House of Representatives breached the Quorum Clause when it used a pandemic-era rule permitting non-present members to be included in the quorum count and to vote by proxy. 这项裁决是在德克萨斯州总检察长肯帕克斯顿要求法院阻止资助法案中为怀孕工人提供更强有力的法律保护的条款之后作出的。 This ruling comes after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton requested the courts to block provisions of the funding bill that gave pregnant workers stronger legal protections.