A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's request to block an order that set a deadline for the administration to pay foreign aid organizations for work already performed for the government.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has *upheld* a lower court's order forcing USAID/State to immediately pay ~$2 billion owed to contractors for work they've alreayd performed. Alito/Thomas/Gorsuch/Kavanaugh dissent. t.co/k86ttz6Wdt
-- Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) March 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Why didn't the DC Court deny the injunction?
Plaintiff Statements: U.S. District Court Denies Request for Injunction by USAID Employees
www.oxfamamerica.org
"it is in our view extremely difficult to formulate a constitutional theory to justify a refusal by the President to comply with a congressional directive to spend."
The problem is how the bills are written, similar to EPA bills, with a large amount of slop, the Executive branch can do anything (I think thats the point of the slop). Unless the bill is explicit, Trump's cronies, like Bidens Cronies before him can just create an NGO and Trump can send the money to them for the next election.
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