SCOTUS Rules Trump Admin Must Unfreeze Foreign Aid Payments
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In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court deciding not to block a lower court’s order, forcing the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments.
From Fox News. The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied the Trump administration’s request to block a lower court’s order for the administration to pay nearly $2 billion in foreign aid money, delivering a near-term reprieve to international aid groups and contractors seeking payment for previously completed projects.
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In a 5-4 ruling, the justices said that the Feb. 26 deadline imposed by a lower court for the Trump administration to pay the funds had already expired, and directed the case back to the district court to clarify any additional details on payment. …
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh dissented.
“Does a single district-court judge who likely lacks jurisdiction have the unchecked power to compel the Government of the United States to pay out (and probably lose forever) 2 billion taxpayer dollars? The answer to that question should be an emphatic ‘No,’ but a majority of this Court apparently thinks otherwise,” Alito wrote. “I am stunned.”
Chief Justice John Roberts had agreed last Wednesday to temporarily pause a lower court’s decision requiring the Trump administration to pay by 11:59 p.m. all outstanding invoices to foreign aid groups, an amount totaling roughly $1.9 billion – a timeline the Justice Department had argued was “impossible” to comply with. Roberts did not give a reason for agreeing to pause the order issued by U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, a Biden appointee, though the chief justice had widely been expected to refer the matter to the full court for review.
Importantly, the pause prevented foreign aid groups from filing a motion of civil contempt against the Trump administration— a legal maneuver that employees from the affected groups said in interviews this week could have expedited their process to claw back the unpaid debt.
At issue is how quickly the Trump administration needs to pay the nearly $2 billion owed to aid groups and contractors for completed projects funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), at a time when the administration has issued a blanket freeze on all foreign spending in the name of government “efficiency” and eliminating waste.
In a new court filing Monday, Acting U.S. Solicitor General Sarah Harris said that while the plaintiffs’ claims were likely “legitimate,” the time U.S. District Judge Amir Ali gave them to pay the outstanding invoices was “not logistically or technically feasible.”
Harris also argued Monday that the order could be a violation of executive branch authorities granted by the Constitution to an elected president. …
The high court challenge comes as many of the foreign aid groups who sued the administration earlier this year have already been stripped of the bulk of their funding. This aligns with President Donald Trump’s stated plans to cut some 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts, and to slash an additional $60 billion in foreign aid spending. …
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(Excerpt from Fox News. Photo Credit: Brad Weaver on Unsplash)
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There still is much that has not been discovered that USAID is doing. May all the underhanded and hidden behind the screen systems of files be found and brought forward in Jesus Name.
Father remove the justices who will not stand in right alignment with your word, your command listed in scripture: Take heed what you do, for you do not judge for man, but for the Lord. Therefore, take heed what you do.
Jesus, for tooooo long we have had judges who have NOT taken heed to your command, to your charge that is directed squarely at those who would sit as justices. Remove those whose hearts are bent on using their positions to destroy America.
Dear Lord though we may not always understand your ways, we want only YOUR will to be done. Amen.
Thank you LORD Jesus, my true KING for this new thing You are doing in our nation. We are trusting You, looking to You to continue to guide our president and all of us in this nation to do Your will, Your way. Thank you for DOGE, pour Your Spirit all over and in them, yes we ask for salvation of each individual, including Elon and whoever does not KNOW You yet, for protection of the good You intend for our entire nation and the nations that have been adversely effected in the past by this so called ‘aid’.
LORD we humbly ask Your forgiveness for our ignorance and poor accounting, to allow such rampant graft to occur for so long.
Please LORD protect this new, very good work of exposing evil, of a real accountability system for we the people to keep track of where our tax dollars go. We thank You again for Your mercy and grace and gladly give You glory forever!
LORD, asking for those who have been foolish, who have not seen or openly opposed Your good work to repent or be removed, to do no more harm.
….continue to pray for GOD’s justice to lead us in our support of our President…..give him and all his cabinet wisdom and mercy to lead their way…..KAR
Doges needs to investigate those Supreme Court Judges for money laundrying
This IS why we are afforded a Constitutional Republic of the United States of America..And our government has “checks and balances”.of each branch of this government..It is ALSO to be noted AT THIS TIME that D.O.G.E investigate SCOTUS for malfeasance in unethical appropriations of any funds..AFTER ALL Democrats keep pushing the narrative that “NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW”..Luke 8:17
I have to laugh when I see people in the media claim there is a 6-3 conservative majority on the Court. Roberta and his lapdog Amy Comey Barrett are anything but. Barrett is not what she was advertised to be. Barrett, Roberts, David Souter, Sandra Day O’Connor… Why do Republican presidents have such a hard time finding good solid Constitutionalists?
Why ? The answer is simple – LAWYERS . When the “Law” itself is formulated and administered by “Bad Actors”, the Constitution has no chance of prevailing in the short term.
Fortunately the longer term view is less pessimistic – “What goes around, Comes around” and retribution is frequently ( if not always ) served upon those who most deserve it !
Agreed, however we as Christ Children must arise and take action ourselves against the evil present in many areas of our national leader ship. Pray is good but we need to be communicating out in all areas that this is our money and we do not want it used to fund unwise and unwarranted projects or foreign programs.