Law & Principles

Earmarks are unconstitutional

March 12, 2009

Brandon Dutcher

President Obama recently said he opposes the elimination of congressional earmarks because, "done right, earmarks have given legislators the opportunity to direct federal money to worthy projects that benefit people in their districts." But as constitutional attorney Herb Titus, a former law professor at the University of Oklahoma, has pointed out for OCPA, legislative earmarking is an unconstitutional exercise of executive power.