Congress ran afoul of the U.S. Constitution when it included a provision in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 prohibiting states from cutting taxes if they receive funds under the plan to assist in their economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Civil Liberties Alliance alleges. In an amicus brief filed before the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, the alliance maintained the ban violates Americans' right to govern themselves at the state level. The alliance urged the 6th Circuit to uphold …