Judge blocks Trump order to end funding for National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service

[The Irish Ram]

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[JonKoch]

Trump cant spend money that congress does not authorize

But he has the authority not have to spend it if he chooses

NOPE, AS THE COURT HAS SHOWN


The process in which the president withholds or delays spending on programs authorized by Congress is called impoundment. This practice dates back to the third president, Thomas Jefferson, and it has at times been controversial because the impoundment of funds can put the executive and legislative branches in conflict.

The Constitution’s Article I, Section 9 grants Congress the power of the purse to approve spending in the federal budget in the Appropriations Clause, which reads in part, “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.” The Constitution then delegates to the president the task of spending approved funds in the Take Care Clause, which requires the chief executive “shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.”


Congress passed the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 in response to the controversy. Title X in the act is commonly referred to as the Impoundment Control Act (or ICA), and it requires the president to report to Congress when he impounds funds as a deferment (or a temporary delay) or a recission (a permanent cancellation) of spending.

Under the ICA, spending deferrals must not extend beyond the current fiscal year, and Congress can override deferrals using an expedited process. For recissions, the president must propose such actions to Congress for approval, and he can delay spending-related to recissions for 45 days. Unless Congress approves the recission request, the funds must be released for spending.



...the sole issue before us is whether the 1972 Act permits the Administrator to allot to the States under § 205(a) less than the entire amounts authorized to be appropriated by § 207. We hold that the Act does not permit such action, and affirm the Court of Appeals.”

Can a president refuse to spend funds approved by Congress? | Constitution Center

Shortly after President Donald Trump took office, his administration briefly paused federal spending on various programs. Although that spending has been restored, the move led to questions about the separation of powers between the president and Congress.

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[Hafar1014]

‘A federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service.

U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss in Washington ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive order to cease funding for NPR and PBS is unlawful and unenforceable. The judge said the First Amendment right to free speech “does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type.”’

Citing First Amendment, federal judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS

A federal judge has agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service.

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“viewpoint discrimination”

Reporting facts and the truth the Trump regime and conservatives don’t like is hardly a ‘viewpoint.’

Indeed, the un-Constitutional retaliation against NPR and PBS is motivated by the wrongheaded notion that both are ‘liberal.’

And this is yet another example of Trump’s contempt for the First Amendment and a free press.

Another BS ruling the SC will mover turn. Funding is not first amendment issue

 

[Cellblock2429]

Sounds like you MAGAt monkeys are doing all the screeching, mewling, and puking. LOL

/----/ How many MAGA rallies invole screaming, howling at the sky, blue hair and nose rings?
No Kings protests in Portland, Los Angeles and Dallas grew violent Saturday — and one near Mar-a-Lago in Florida took a lewd turn — as thousands filled streets around the US in angry demonstrations against the Trump Administration.

No Kings demonstrations in Portland, Oregon got out of hand in the evening with protesters sporting gas masks attacking police officers who were trying to control the crowd, according to video posted on X by FreedomNews.tv. There was no immediate word on arrests.

In Dallas, Police had to separate No Kings demonstrators from “Pro America” counter demonstrators as the two groups engaged in heated clashes. Video of the scene showed a protester being hauled away and arrested and other shouting “f–k you” at apparent pro-Trump demonstrators who were carrying flags and automatic weapons.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

‘A federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service.

U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss in Washington ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive order to cease funding for NPR and PBS is unlawful and unenforceable. The judge said the First Amendment right to free speech “does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type.”’

Citing First Amendment, federal judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS

A federal judge has agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service.

apnews.com

“viewpoint discrimination”

Reporting facts and the truth the Trump regime and conservatives don’t like is hardly a ‘viewpoint.’

Indeed, the un-Constitutional retaliation against NPR and PBS is motivated by the wrongheaded notion that both are ‘liberal.’

And this is yet another example of Trump’s contempt for the First Amendment and a free press.

Randolph is free to write checks to NPR and PBS using his own money to support them.

 

[Dante]

Such fun watching them whine. NPR, no building the Big Ugly Clubhouse, AI firm Anthropic, etc. It's going to be fun in the midterms

I believe that is going to be so.

we shall see

 

[The Irish Ram]

Oh sure, Trump's lies are truth, Orwell would have loved to see the shit you guys spew. He definitely predicted the future, except is it the US it is occurring in.

For Old Rocks edification:

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[EMH]

LOL In other words, any money that improve the general publics knowledge is wasted money in your opinion. What one would expect from someone so willfully ignorant.

If you want NPR/PBS, then you pay for it, you don't bill left wing bullshit disguises as "news" to the taxpayer.

 

[BackAgain]

If NPR and PBS were not so obviously biased, politically, then there wouldn’t be any objection to them getting financially supported by taxpayers.

But what Constitutionally sound theory says that we (the taxpayers) — who are compelled to make our tax payments — must fund their political bias?

Clearly, if all they spoke and delivered was conservative political ideology, rhen there wouldn’t be a wail of protest from all of those who now support using our tax money for political propaganda.

 

[mudwhistle]

/----/ How many MAGA rallies invole screaming, howling at the sky, blue hair and nose rings?
No Kings protests in Portland, Los Angeles and Dallas grew violent Saturday — and one near Mar-a-Lago in Florida took a lewd turn — as thousands filled streets around the US in angry demonstrations against the Trump Administration.

No Kings demonstrations in Portland, Oregon got out of hand in the evening with protesters sporting gas masks attacking police officers who were trying to control the crowd, according to video posted on X by FreedomNews.tv. There was no immediate word on arrests.

In Dallas, Police had to separate No Kings demonstrators from “Pro America” counter demonstrators as the two groups engaged in heated clashes. Video of the scene showed a protester being hauled away and arrested and other shouting “f–k you” at apparent pro-Trump demonstrators who were carrying flags and automatic weapons.
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[Dante]

snippet:

Randolph Moss, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said in his ruling that Mr. Trump’s order, signed last May, was unlawful because it instructed federal agencies to refrain from funding NPR and PBS because the president believed their news coverage had a liberal viewpoint.

“The message is clear: NPR and PBS need not apply for any federal benefit because the president disapproves of their ‘left-wing’ coverage of the news,” Judge Moss wrote. But the First Amendment, he said, “does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type.”

The ruling will likely have minimal effect on the federal funding of public media. Two months after the executive order, Congress voted to claw back roughly $500 million in annual funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the organization that distributes federal money to NPR and PBS. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has since shut down, and public radio and TV stations across the country have sought alternate forms of revenue.

But the ruling could have implications for any future money Congress decides to allocate to public media, removing a hurdle that could have prevented lawmakers from restoring funding for NPR and PBS.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/business/media/trump-npr-pbs-executive-order-ruling.html

In his opinion, Judge Moss wrote that the executive order, along with other public statements from the White House criticizing NPR reporting, including about Russia’s attempt to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, “targets a disfavored viewpoint.”

“It is difficult to conceive of clearer evidence that a government action is targeted at viewpoints that the president does not like and seeks to squelch,” Judge Moss wrote.

 

[Mac-7]

How do you know they’re not fair and balanced? You’re not fair and balanced which means your judgment is highly biased against anyone that doesn’t tilt your way.

I have listened to them my entire adult life

Cool, have Congress stop funding, BUT Cheeto doesn't get to decide. How's that $2 trillion in cuts by him and Leon going BTW?

trump cant spend money that congress did not appropriate

But he does not have to spend money they did appropriate

 

[Marener]

I have listened to them my entire adult life

That’s nice, but it fails to address the point.

You’re biased. Therefore your judgment is biased.