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Summary
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, rejected the Trump administration’s bid to delay paying $2 billion to USAID contractors, upholding U.S. District Judge Amir Ali’s authority.
The administration had frozen these funds, impacting essential projects in Ukraine, Nigeria, and various African nations, causing significant disruptions and layoffs.
The narrow decision does not compel immediate payment but allows the lower court proceedings to advance.
Justice Alito led the 4 conservative justices who dissented and questioned Judge Ali’s judicial power.
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Trump still owes money to contractors/vendors of the casinos he bankrupted.
“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?” Alito wrote in a dissent joined by the three other conservative justices.
Wait until Alito sees Elon Musk…
“A federal court has many tools to address a party’s supposed nonfeasance,” Alito said. “Self-aggrandizement of its jurisdiction is not one of them.”
The fact that 4 supreme court justices signed onto “A judge shouldn’t have the power to order the president to spend money the way congress told him to, as explicitly described in the constitution” is terrifying. Wholly unsurprising, but terrifying.
If it had passed, did they believe Elon/Trump would continue paying them?
They have to lay the groundwork to condition people into thinking that the president can just ignore the courts in the near future.
Yeah, if these 4 are purposefully ignoring Congress’ role here, this gives me little hope that the Trump Court of the United States will properly do their duty when other cases come to their door.
