Could "billions of dollars" of government spending be unconstitutional?
DEC 14, 202023 MIN
Could "billions of dollars" of government spending be unconstitutional?
DEC 14, 202023 MIN
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<p>Outrage over a federal government decision to put religious chaplains in government schools made headlines at the time for being a fight over the separation of church and state. But the real High Court case was about much more - and it has the potential to upend the way the entire federal government functions.</p><br><p>Court cases: </p><p>- Williams v Commonwealth of Australia [2012] HCA 23 (20 June 2012) http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/HCA/2012/23.html</p><p> </p><p>- Williams v Commonwealth of Australia [2014] HCA 23 (19 June 2014) http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/HCA/2014/23.html</p><br><p><a href="https://www.monash.edu/law/news-and-events/podcasts/just-cases/just-cases-season-4-episode-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read the transcript</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
![<p>Outrage over a federal government decision to put religious chaplains in government schools made headlines at the time for being a fight over the separation of church and state. But the real High Court case was about much more - and it has the potential to upend the way the entire federal government functions.</p><br><p>Court cases: </p><p>- Williams v Commonwealth of Australia [2012] HCA 23 (20 June 2012) http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/HCA/2012/23.html</p><p> </p><p>- Williams v Commonwealth of Australia [2014] HCA 23 (19 June 2014) http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/HCA/2014/23.html</p><br><p><a href="https://www.monash.edu/law/news-and-events/podcasts/just-cases/just-cases-season-4-episode-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read the transcript</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>](https://us-central1-podcastguru-217d6.cloudfunctions.net/gcf_get_image?image_url=https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts211/v4/52/53/52/525352c1-b77d-45f9-36c4-535e68759714/mza_7527369730551509648.jpeg/600x600bb.jpg&width=300&height=300&api_key=xqFmUFX5BHLBTA)
