Landor v. Louisiana Dept of Corrections and Public Safety · ¶128

While today’s decision does not endanger those laws directly, the majority’s reasoning casts a shadow that will not easily be escaped. No one knows what changes lie at the end of a strict contract-law construction of the spending power. But, as Members of this Court have long recognized, importing contract principles wholesale could have “potentially far-reaching consequences.” Barnes, 536 U. S., at 192 (Stevens, J., concurring in judgment).

slip opinion, revised 6/28/26
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