Hey I just posted the wisdom of SCOTUS - in response to an earlier wish you have for MQD status - case on F and F
But it answers your current question
(And I do not know why the NWS ? Did the administration fear some form of chaos? Did the administration want more income (as you argue). Note ---- for the more income argument to hold ---- one would expect that such administration (here D - Obama) would put the income in the proposed budget. Did they?