A bill to provide that no Federal court may require the expenditure of Federal or State funds without prior legislative authorization.
Judicial Restraint Act of 1979 - Prohibits the Supreme Court or any other Federal court from making a decision or issuing an order which requires, or has the effect of requiring, Federal or State expenditure for a specific purpose unless Congress or the State legislature has authorized and appropriated funds for such purpose.
Subjects to impeachment a justice or judge who violates such prohibition, including a justice or judge concurring in such a decision or order.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
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