Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to keep billions in foreign aid frozen

[Dekster]

A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s request to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid approved by Congress frozen.

However, the court did not immediately say when the money must be released, allowing the White House to continue to dispute the issue in lower courts.

The ruling was 5-4.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/supreme-court-usaid-foreign-aid/index.html

Told you folks, Roberts isn't going to surrender his major questions doctrine to Trump. USAID money is back to being spent.

 

[Blaster]

However said this is a conservative court?

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

However said this is a conservative court?

Tell me what you think it actually is then? liberal? Marxist? democrat? Trotskyist?

 

[Meister]

A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s request to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid approved by Congress frozen.

However, the court did not immediately say when the money must be released, allowing the White House to continue to dispute the issue in lower courts.

The ruling was 5-4.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/supreme-court-usaid-foreign-aid/index.html

Told you folks, Roberts isn't going to surrender his major questions doctrine to Trump. USAID money is back to being spent.

It also said...."stay tuned"

 

[Dekster]

It also said...."stay tuned"

They tend to come down the way they think it will ultimately be decided. If they thought the case would go the other way, they would have allowed Trump to continue to hold the money hostage pending the outcome.

 

[kyzr]

They tend to come down the way they think it will ultimately be decided. If they thought the case would go the other way, they would have allowed Trump to continue to hold the money hostage pending the outcome.

Maybe Mikey can pass a new law that freezes the USAID money and puts USAID under the State Department to backstop Trump's EOs?

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

It’s only about $2 billion. Democrat Pravda is making it out to be a total rejection. When it comes from democrat Pravda, closer inspection is always required.

 

[M14 Shooter]

USAID money is back to being spent.

Someday, maybe.

However, the court did not immediately say when the money must be released, allowing the White House to continue to dispute the issue in lower courts.

 

[Dekster]

Someday, maybe.

However, the court did not immediately say when the money must be released, allowing the White House to continue to dispute the issue in lower courts.

The lower court has to issue the order, not the SCOTUS. When it does I am sure the WH will try to take it back to the SCOTUS but "We ain't paying people for work already done" isn't a good look for Donnie or the SCOTUS if that is how it shakes out in the end.

 

[Moonglow]

If Trump doesn't do his job fire his fat white ass.

 

[kyzr]

If Trump doesn't do his job fire his fat white ass.

Trump already did more than senile Joe Biden.
Were you calling for Joe's bony ass to be fired? I don't think so, partisan hack.

 

[Cougarbear]

A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s request to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid approved by Congress frozen.

However, the court did not immediately say when the money must be released, allowing the White House to continue to dispute the issue in lower courts.

The ruling was 5-4.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/supreme-court-usaid-foreign-aid/index.html

Told you folks, Roberts isn't going to surrender his major questions doctrine to Trump. USAID money is back to being spent.

It was only for a specific reason. The $1.9 billion was for work that had already been done. People wanted to be paid. Seems reasonable. The other stuff is just plain waste, fraud and abuse. Not many will fight that.

 

[Moonglow]

Trump already did more than senile Joe Biden.
Were you calling for Joe's bony ass to be fired? I don't think so, partisan hack.

Fuck Donald Trump

 

[skye]

 

[Superbadbrutha]

However said this is a conservative court?

It's a 6-3 Conservative majority.

 

[Blaster]

It's a 6-3 Conservative majority.

Wrong

 

[Moonglow]

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The Constitution tells the president what he does, and it tells Congress what they do, and the laws created with the Constitution are being followed when it says the president is not the king and he may not redirect funds without Congressional authority.

 

[Moonglow]

It's a 6-3 Conservative majority.

Indeed, they held with the same-old, same-old operations of checks and balances.

 

[skye]

The Constitution tells the president what he does, and it tells Congress what they do, and the laws created with the Constitution are being followed when it says the president is not the king and he may not redirect funds without Congressional authority.

 

[Independent thinker]

A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s request to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid approved by Congress frozen.

However, the court did not immediately say when the money must be released, allowing the White House to continue to dispute the issue in lower courts.

The ruling was 5-4.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/supreme-court-usaid-foreign-aid/index.html

Told you folks, Roberts isn't going to surrender his major questions doctrine to Trump. USAID money is back to being spent.

You don't understand the ruling. This is not really a win for the left. All they ruled was that any monies already authorized by Congress and those services were already performed, those providing those services legally deserved to be paid. If the services have not already been provided then the money can be stopped and the ruling doesn't apply to anything in the future.