“John Robert’s has made his decision, now let him enforce it”
Kasquede on
Please, whatever deity is listening, just let them be like “WELP WE TRIED,” treat the effort and attempt like a win, and then give up on destroying USAID and its like. Hell, rebrand it as the US Counter-China Agency and spread famine relief to *totally flex on* the Chinese.
I’m huffing the copium.
Daetra on
“Court reinstates order to quickly pay as much as $2 billion
Roberts and Barrett join liberal justices in 5-4 majority
The US Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Donald Trump’s foreign-aid freeze, reinstating a lower court order that requires the quick disbursement of as much as $2 billion owed to contractors for already completed work.
Over four dissents, the justices rejected Trump’s request to toss out the trial court order, which affects money owed by the US Agency for International Development and State Department. In its one-paragraph order, the majority told the judge to reset the timeline for paying the money since his original deadline has now passed.
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the three liberals in the majority. Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh dissented. Alito wrote for the group that he was “stunned” by the decision.
Humanitarian groups say the money is urgently needed. They say the freeze is upending hundreds of projects, forcing USAID partner groups to lay off or furlough thousands of US workers and putting people who depend on the assistance at risk of disease and death.
In an order last week, US District Judge Amir Ali gave the administration 36 hours to pay for work performed before Feb. 13. Ali issued that directive after aid groups offered evidence the administration wasn’t complying with his earlier order to lift the payment freeze.
(Updates with breakdown in third paragraph.)
To contact the reporter on this story:
Greg Stohr in Washington at gstohr@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story:
Elizabeth Wasserman at ewasserman2@bloomberg.net
Peter Jeffrey”
Deceptiveideas on
5-4 is way too fucking close.
Star_Trekker on
Mashallah
kittenTakeover on
Thank god. I was really starting to worry that the supreme court was too compromised to stand up to Trump at all. Let’s see what happens. If they ignore the supreme court we need massive protests.
vancevon on
if nothing else, a pretty strong indication that the court isn’t going to be very interested in letting the administration impound funds down the line
sloppybuttmustard on
Now we find out if the Supreme Court means jack shit anymore
ApprehensivePlum1420 on
Roberts is now the most likely to join liberal justices, but other than that the alternating pattern between the 3 Trump-appointed justices is interesting. Goes to show the effect of social progress even if you’re conservative. Finding someone like Thomas would be difficult today even for the Federalist Society.
I hope they’re seeing the consequences of Trump v. U.S. though. This is the last backstop before the judiciary is also rendered irrelevant
cornofears on
Not really
> Given that the deadline in the challenged order has now passed, and in light of the ongoing preliminary injunction proceedings, the District Court should clarify what obligations the Government must fulfill to ensure compliance with the temporary restraining order, with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines.
It’s basically a stealth grant advertised as a denial
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“John Robert’s has made his decision, now let him enforce it”
Please, whatever deity is listening, just let them be like “WELP WE TRIED,” treat the effort and attempt like a win, and then give up on destroying USAID and its like. Hell, rebrand it as the US Counter-China Agency and spread famine relief to *totally flex on* the Chinese.
I’m huffing the copium.
“Court reinstates order to quickly pay as much as $2 billion
Roberts and Barrett join liberal justices in 5-4 majority
The US Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Donald Trump’s foreign-aid freeze, reinstating a lower court order that requires the quick disbursement of as much as $2 billion owed to contractors for already completed work.
Over four dissents, the justices rejected Trump’s request to toss out the trial court order, which affects money owed by the US Agency for International Development and State Department. In its one-paragraph order, the majority told the judge to reset the timeline for paying the money since his original deadline has now passed.
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the three liberals in the majority. Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh dissented. Alito wrote for the group that he was “stunned” by the decision.
Humanitarian groups say the money is urgently needed. They say the freeze is upending hundreds of projects, forcing USAID partner groups to lay off or furlough thousands of US workers and putting people who depend on the assistance at risk of disease and death.
In an order last week, US District Judge Amir Ali gave the administration 36 hours to pay for work performed before Feb. 13. Ali issued that directive after aid groups offered evidence the administration wasn’t complying with his earlier order to lift the payment freeze.
(Updates with breakdown in third paragraph.)
To contact the reporter on this story:
Greg Stohr in Washington at gstohr@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story:
Elizabeth Wasserman at ewasserman2@bloomberg.net
Peter Jeffrey”
5-4 is way too fucking close.
Mashallah
Thank god. I was really starting to worry that the supreme court was too compromised to stand up to Trump at all. Let’s see what happens. If they ignore the supreme court we need massive protests.
if nothing else, a pretty strong indication that the court isn’t going to be very interested in letting the administration impound funds down the line
Now we find out if the Supreme Court means jack shit anymore
Roberts is now the most likely to join liberal justices, but other than that the alternating pattern between the 3 Trump-appointed justices is interesting. Goes to show the effect of social progress even if you’re conservative. Finding someone like Thomas would be difficult today even for the Federalist Society.
I hope they’re seeing the consequences of Trump v. U.S. though. This is the last backstop before the judiciary is also rendered irrelevant
Not really
> Given that the deadline in the challenged order has now passed, and in light of the ongoing preliminary injunction proceedings, the District Court should clarify what obligations the Government must fulfill to ensure compliance with the temporary restraining order, with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines.
It’s basically a stealth grant advertised as a denial