What happened to HR1 Section 70302 ?
Good news and bad news.
The Senate parliamentarian Democrat Elizabeth MacDonough ruled on June 22nd that Section 70302 of Trump's budget bill "violated the Senate’s rules governing what can be passed with a simple-majority vote on the budget reconciliation fast track" (known as the Byrd Rule). Republican Majority Leader John Thune decided not to defy the parliamentarian. The bill was passed on July 3rd, and signed by Trump on the 4th. (https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5363225-senate-parliamentarian-rules-out-contempt-provision/).
At a time when America has record levels of inequality, the bill gives a trillion dollars of tax cuts to the richest 1%. At a critical time in the fight against climate change, the bill blows American climate goals to pieces.
Meanwhile the decision of the Supreme Court on June 27th puts severe restrictions on lower district courts ability to issue national (universal) injunctions. They decided that universal injunctions were in excess of judiciary power unless necessary to provide the formal plaintiff with complete relief. In other words everyone affected by a dictatorial Trump executive order has to go to court. Yes there are class actions, but the law around them has been fought against by Republicans for decades, making the process very cumbersome. Yes there is the 1946 Administrative Procedures Act, but this can be gamed by an unscrupulous President ( https://theconversation.com/what-the-supreme-court-ruling... ).
In the words of the law professor Erwin Chemerinsky it is unclear if SCOTUS will allow nationwide class actions, and if they will allow state governments to sue on behalf of their citizens (https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/386546-the-rise-of-the-imperial-supreme-court).
The Trump dictatorship train is still on the rails.

