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"On October 14, a district court for the Northern District of California granted summary judgment in Scholl v Mncuhin, a case that challenged the IRS’s policy of excluding inmates from receiving $1,200 stimulus checks. The court also made permanent the preliminary injunction it had issued earlier this month, which means that the IRS and Treasury Department cannot withhold stimulus checks solely based on an individual’s incarceration status. The government could still appeal the court’s ruling again (it was denied by the 9th Circuit), but the permanent injunction should be cause for celebration for the over two million incarcerated individuals in the U.S. who may now be eligible for an economic impact payment..."
Apparently, when the CARES Act was written, there was no language excluding incarcerated offenders from receiving stimulus money, or authorizing the IRS to withhold such funds. So the IRS's policy not to issue checks to inmates was ruled arbitrary and capricious. This would seem to be a strict, textualist interpretation of the law. Which is what conservatives support.
But it is disturbing that people like Bernie Madoff, Ted Kaczynski, Eric Rudolph, and Terry Nichols are eligible for stimulus checks.
Confirmed: Inmates Eligible For Cares Act $1,200 Stimulus Checks From IRS; Here’s How To File
Apparently, when the CARES Act was written, there was no language excluding incarcerated offenders from receiving stimulus money, or authorizing the IRS to withhold such funds. So the IRS's policy not to issue checks to inmates was ruled arbitrary and capricious. This would seem to be a strict, textualist interpretation of the law. Which is what conservatives support.
But it is disturbing that people like Bernie Madoff, Ted Kaczynski, Eric Rudolph, and Terry Nichols are eligible for stimulus checks.
Confirmed: Inmates Eligible For Cares Act $1,200 Stimulus Checks From IRS; Here’s How To File