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One plausible reading of today’s ruling and the ruling in the Hampton Dellinger case is something of a yellow light to district courts – not to stop what they’re doing in these cases, but to exercise caution, and to go out of their way to be hyper specific and overly careful in each of their rulings going forward,
In both of the rulings the court has handed down so far, we’ve seen the justices step quite gingerly – but, in both cases, in ways that have not given the Trump administration what it’s asked for,
said Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at Georgetown University Law Center The court effectively commanded the president and other executive branch officials to recognize and work with someone whom the president sought to remove from office,
The government must apparently pay the $2 billion posthaste – not because the law requires it, but simply because a district judge so ordered,
The stop-work orders that HIAS received from the State Department affect 450,000 of our clients around the world,
he added, affecting “immediate and life-saving programs.” The District Court has made plain its frustration with the Government, and respondents raise serious concerns about nonpayment for completed work,
they said in their dissent The lower court rightly held that President Trump exceeded his authority when he unilaterally declared he was freezing funding for programs Congress had already authorized, stiffing federal contractors who had already done work,
President Trump's attempt to halt foreign aid funding was a reckless, cruel, and unprecedented abuse of executive power,
ACLU executive director Anthony Romero said in a statement A federal court has many tools to address a party's supposed nonfeasance. Self-aggrandizement of its jurisdiction is not one of them."
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,
The ‘funding freeze’ is not continuing; it is over,
Defendants shall take no actions to impede the prompt payments of appropriated foreign assistance funds, and shall take all necessary actions to ensure the prompt payments of appropriated foreign assistance funds,
The government’s actions have largely brought this work to a halt,
The total ceiling value of the retained awards is approximately $57 billion,
The government has not taken ‘any meaningful steps’ to come into compliance,
the groups said a Supreme Court filing earlier Friday In total, nearly 5,800 USAID awards were terminated, and more than 500 USAID awards were retained,
a filing from the administration said In doing so, it helps stop problems like disease and instability overseas before they reach our shores,
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,
