Yet again, Trump is spanked by the courts--is anyone sensing a theme here?
I'm amused to note that this ruling was made by a Trump-appointed judge~
www.courthousenews.com
A coalition of 23 states on Friday won a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from slashing more than $11 billion in public health funding approved by Congress during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The federal jurist behind the ruling, U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy of Rhode Island, was appointed to the bench in 2019 by President Donald Trump.
“While the court acknowledges the government’s position that it may be forced to spend money inconsistent with the executive’s agenda, an injunction would strongly serve the public interest in maintaining the states’ healthcare systems and initiatives,” McElroy wrote in a 60-page order blocking the cuts as the case proceeds.
State officials sued the Trump administration in April after the Department of Health and Human Services announced it would pull grant funding from public health initiatives like vaccine distribution and the tracking of infectious diseases.
“The Covid-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago," the department announced in March.
But the states claim that the funding, which Congress greenlit at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, goes further than fighting that single virus. In their complaint, they said that the grants backed “a wide range of urgent public health needs” like mental health support and research into emerging health risks like bird flu and measles.
They argue that the executive branch is unlawfully trampling over Congress for slashing the approved grant funding “with no advance notice or warning.”
I'm amused to note that this ruling was made by a Trump-appointed judge~
Trump-appointed judge blocks $11 billion in cuts to public health funding
“Agencies do not have unfettered power to further a president's agenda,” U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy ruled Friday.
www.courthousenews.com
A coalition of 23 states on Friday won a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from slashing more than $11 billion in public health funding approved by Congress during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The federal jurist behind the ruling, U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy of Rhode Island, was appointed to the bench in 2019 by President Donald Trump.
“While the court acknowledges the government’s position that it may be forced to spend money inconsistent with the executive’s agenda, an injunction would strongly serve the public interest in maintaining the states’ healthcare systems and initiatives,” McElroy wrote in a 60-page order blocking the cuts as the case proceeds.
State officials sued the Trump administration in April after the Department of Health and Human Services announced it would pull grant funding from public health initiatives like vaccine distribution and the tracking of infectious diseases.
“The Covid-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago," the department announced in March.
But the states claim that the funding, which Congress greenlit at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, goes further than fighting that single virus. In their complaint, they said that the grants backed “a wide range of urgent public health needs” like mental health support and research into emerging health risks like bird flu and measles.
They argue that the executive branch is unlawfully trampling over Congress for slashing the approved grant funding “with no advance notice or warning.”
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