The constitution court was set up to resolve conflicts about unconstitutional legislation.
As such, he said, the act constitutes a "bill of attainder" - unconstitutional legislation that singles out specific individuals for punishment without a trial.
The case was mainly about sexual orientation discrimination and legal procedures of potentially unconstitutional legislation.
The bill would mandate action against what the state legislature perceives as unconstitutional federal legislation.
It is, however, my view that payments made under unconstitutional legislation are not 'voluntary' in a sense which should prejudice the taxpayer.
The rule against recovery should not however apply where a tax is exacted, not under unconstitutional legislation, but through a misapplication of the law.
The main task of the court is judicial review, and it may declare legislation unconstitutional, thus rendering them ineffective.
The High Court also has the power to grant declarations to strike down unconstitutional legislation.
This may create a problem as past cases decided on the basis of the unconstitutional legislation or precedent may be open to re-litigation.
I keep searching, but I can't find anything more specific than "Congress is f*cking over its constituency with a series of highly unconstitutional legislation.