What is the efficacy of holding a lawless admin in contempt?

[berg80]

Trump administration says it cannot meet court deadline for foreign aid payments​

Feb 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration said in a court filing late Tuesday night that it "cannot" meet a federal judge's 11:59 p.m. Wednesday deadline for releasing frozen funds to foreign aid contractors and grant recipients, potentially setting the stage for it to openly disobey the order.
The claim came as the administration appealed the order from U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in Washington to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The administration asked the appeals court to put Ali's order on hold, opens new tab so it can consider the appeal.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-administration-says-it-cannot-meet-court-deadline-foreign-aid-payments-2025-02-26/

A federal judge on Tuesday directed the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid funding within two days after indications that it was failing to comply with a previous court order to keep money flowing to aid groups around the world.

The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development must release the funds and pay a number of bills by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, Judge Amir H. Ali of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia ruled.

Judge Ali had ordered the Trump administration on Feb. 13 to keep disbursing the funds pending the outcome of a lawsuit brought by two health organizations affected by President Trump’s executive order to pause most foreign aid for 90 days.

A hearing on Tuesday focused on the growing body of evidence that the Trump administration was flouting that order and exploiting various legal workarounds to keep the foreign assistance from flowing.

Judge Gives Trump Administration Deadline to Release Foreign Aid

The ruling marked the second the time a federal judge had pushed the Trump administration to act after finding that it had ignored an earlier order.

www.nytimes.com

Obviously a contempt order is called for since the admin has had almost 2 weeks to comply with the order. But to what end for an admin placing itself above the law and above the reach of court orders?

 

[Darkwind]

We'll find out when Bondi gets done with the last Administration.

 

[Oddball]

We're broke....No loot for you!

Deal with it.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Trump administration says it cannot meet court deadline for foreign aid payments​

Feb 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration said in a court filing late Tuesday night that it "cannot" meet a federal judge's 11:59 p.m. Wednesday deadline for releasing frozen funds to foreign aid contractors and grant recipients, potentially setting the stage for it to openly disobey the order.
The claim came as the administration appealed the order from U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in Washington to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The administration asked the appeals court to put Ali's order on hold, opens new tab so it can consider the appeal.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-administration-says-it-cannot-meet-court-deadline-foreign-aid-payments-2025-02-26/

A federal judge on Tuesday directed the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid funding within two days after indications that it was failing to comply with a previous court order to keep money flowing to aid groups around the world.

The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development must release the funds and pay a number of bills by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, Judge Amir H. Ali of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia ruled.

Judge Ali had ordered the Trump administration on Feb. 13 to keep disbursing the funds pending the outcome of a lawsuit brought by two health organizations affected by President Trump’s executive order to pause most foreign aid for 90 days.

A hearing on Tuesday focused on the growing body of evidence that the Trump administration was flouting that order and exploiting various legal workarounds to keep the foreign assistance from flowing.

Judge Gives Trump Administration Deadline to Release Foreign Aid

The ruling marked the second the time a federal judge had pushed the Trump administration to act after finding that it had ignored an earlier order.

www.nytimes.com

Obviously a contempt order is called for since the admin has had almost 2 weeks to comply with the order. But to what end for an admin placing itself above the law and above the reach of court orders?

Fines and jail time for lesser officials who will have no problem complying.

 

[Seymour Flops]

If your point is that the court should not be making foreign policy decisions, I fully agree with you.

The court are free to order the president to something that he cannot do, but that doesn’t magically make him able to do it.

 

[justoffal]

Trump administration says it cannot meet court deadline for foreign aid payments​

Feb 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration said in a court filing late Tuesday night that it "cannot" meet a federal judge's 11:59 p.m. Wednesday deadline for releasing frozen funds to foreign aid contractors and grant recipients, potentially setting the stage for it to openly disobey the order.
The claim came as the administration appealed the order from U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in Washington to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The administration asked the appeals court to put Ali's order on hold, opens new tab so it can consider the appeal.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-administration-says-it-cannot-meet-court-deadline-foreign-aid-payments-2025-02-26/

A federal judge on Tuesday directed the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid funding within two days after indications that it was failing to comply with a previous court order to keep money flowing to aid groups around the world.

The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development must release the funds and pay a number of bills by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, Judge Amir H. Ali of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia ruled.

Judge Ali had ordered the Trump administration on Feb. 13 to keep disbursing the funds pending the outcome of a lawsuit brought by two health organizations affected by President Trump’s executive order to pause most foreign aid for 90 days.

A hearing on Tuesday focused on the growing body of evidence that the Trump administration was flouting that order and exploiting various legal workarounds to keep the foreign assistance from flowing.

Judge Gives Trump Administration Deadline to Release Foreign Aid

The ruling marked the second the time a federal judge had pushed the Trump administration to act after finding that it had ignored an earlier order.

www.nytimes.com

Obviously a contempt order is called for since the admin has had almost 2 weeks to comply with the order. But to what end for an admin placing itself above the law and above the reach of court orders?

None actually.... Lefty should have learned their lesson with the phony felonies. But they didn't and they still haven't.

 

[MarathonMike]

Random Federal Judges do not have any authority to order Trump to do anything. This is yet another example of Democrat law fare that needs to brought to an end.

 

[justoffal]

Random Federal Judges do not have any authority to order Trump to do anything. This is yet another example of Democrat law fare that needs to brought to an end.

The appellate level will correct it. In any case Trump has still not actually complied.

 

[berg80]

Fines and jail time for lesser officials who will have no problem complying.

And if trump tells "lesser officials" not to comply with a contempt order who will enforce it? The system only works when people at the top aren't in the business of breaking the system.

 

[Seymour Flops]

And if trump tells "lesser officials" not to comply with a contempt order who will enforce it? The system only works when people at the top aren't in the business of breaking the system.

It is some low-level federal court judge who tries to tell a president that he cannot implement his policy that is trying to break the system.

It would be utterly foolish for a president to follow such an order. Even Biden was not ordered by low level court to stop the student loan shenanigans. It took the Supreme Court to do that, and he still tried to defy them.

Did he “break the system?”

 

[ThisIsMe]

Trump administration says it cannot meet court deadline for foreign aid payments​

Feb 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration said in a court filing late Tuesday night that it "cannot" meet a federal judge's 11:59 p.m. Wednesday deadline for releasing frozen funds to foreign aid contractors and grant recipients, potentially setting the stage for it to openly disobey the order.
The claim came as the administration appealed the order from U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in Washington to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The administration asked the appeals court to put Ali's order on hold, opens new tab so it can consider the appeal.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-administration-says-it-cannot-meet-court-deadline-foreign-aid-payments-2025-02-26/

A federal judge on Tuesday directed the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid funding within two days after indications that it was failing to comply with a previous court order to keep money flowing to aid groups around the world.

The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development must release the funds and pay a number of bills by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, Judge Amir H. Ali of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia ruled.

Judge Ali had ordered the Trump administration on Feb. 13 to keep disbursing the funds pending the outcome of a lawsuit brought by two health organizations affected by President Trump’s executive order to pause most foreign aid for 90 days.

A hearing on Tuesday focused on the growing body of evidence that the Trump administration was flouting that order and exploiting various legal workarounds to keep the foreign assistance from flowing.

Judge Gives Trump Administration Deadline to Release Foreign Aid

The ruling marked the second the time a federal judge had pushed the Trump administration to act after finding that it had ignored an earlier order.

www.nytimes.com

Obviously a contempt order is called for since the admin has had almost 2 weeks to comply with the order. But to what end for an admin placing itself above the law and above the reach of court orders?

Courts? Pfft, who cares about them...they were made to be ignored!

 

[jwoodie]

Trump administration says it cannot meet court deadline for foreign aid payments​

Feb 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration said in a court filing late Tuesday night that it "cannot" meet a federal judge's 11:59 p.m. Wednesday deadline for releasing frozen funds to foreign aid contractors and grant recipients, potentially setting the stage for it to openly disobey the order.
The claim came as the administration appealed the order from U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in Washington to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The administration asked the appeals court to put Ali's order on hold, opens new tab so it can consider the appeal.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-administration-says-it-cannot-meet-court-deadline-foreign-aid-payments-2025-02-26/

A federal judge on Tuesday directed the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid funding within two days after indications that it was failing to comply with a previous court order to keep money flowing to aid groups around the world.

The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development must release the funds and pay a number of bills by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, Judge Amir H. Ali of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia ruled.

Judge Ali had ordered the Trump administration on Feb. 13 to keep disbursing the funds pending the outcome of a lawsuit brought by two health organizations affected by President Trump’s executive order to pause most foreign aid for 90 days.

A hearing on Tuesday focused on the growing body of evidence that the Trump administration was flouting that order and exploiting various legal workarounds to keep the foreign assistance from flowing.

Judge Gives Trump Administration Deadline to Release Foreign Aid

The ruling marked the second the time a federal judge had pushed the Trump administration to act after finding that it had ignored an earlier order.

www.nytimes.com

Obviously a contempt order is called for since the admin has had almost 2 weeks to comply with the order. But to what end for an admin placing itself above the law and above the reach of court orders?

Stupid title, stupid post.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Random Federal Judges do not have any authority to order Trump to do anything. This is yet another example of Democrat law fare that needs to brought to an end.

Obiter Dictum

Marbury v Madison was a non-binding opinion. It had nothing to do with deciding the case, so it was just an irrelevant digression couched in the language of dictatorship.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

MAGA's eventual demise.

 

[Seymour Flops]

MAGA's eventual demise.

LoL!

When?

When is the Democratic Party going to make a move? They are more than on the ropes, they are through the ropes with the audience banging them over the head with folding chairs.

Which hero will stand up and lead the Party out of the abyss? AOC or Ilhan Omar?

 

[Seymour Flops]

Trump administration says it cannot meet court deadline for foreign aid payments​

Feb 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration said in a court filing late Tuesday night that it "cannot" meet a federal judge's 11:59 p.m. Wednesday deadline for releasing frozen funds to foreign aid contractors and grant recipients, potentially setting the stage for it to openly disobey the order.
The claim came as the administration appealed the order from U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in Washington to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The administration asked the appeals court to put Ali's order on hold, opens new tab so it can consider the appeal.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-administration-says-it-cannot-meet-court-deadline-foreign-aid-payments-2025-02-26/

A federal judge on Tuesday directed the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid funding within two days after indications that it was failing to comply with a previous court order to keep money flowing to aid groups around the world.

The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development must release the funds and pay a number of bills by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, Judge Amir H. Ali of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia ruled.

Judge Ali had ordered the Trump administration on Feb. 13 to keep disbursing the funds pending the outcome of a lawsuit brought by two health organizations affected by President Trump’s executive order to pause most foreign aid for 90 days.

A hearing on Tuesday focused on the growing body of evidence that the Trump administration was flouting that order and exploiting various legal workarounds to keep the foreign assistance from flowing.

Judge Gives Trump Administration Deadline to Release Foreign Aid

The ruling marked the second the time a federal judge had pushed the Trump administration to act after finding that it had ignored an earlier order.

www.nytimes.com

Obviously a contempt order is called for since the admin has had almost 2 weeks to comply with the order. But to what end for an admin placing itself above the law and above the reach of court orders?

There is no efficacy.

The judicial branch, especially in the form of low-level partisan hack judges, issuing such an order, has no power of constitutional law to do so.

"A" judge "directed the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid funding?" You seriously think a lower-court judge has that kind of power?

Hypothetical: Suppose a Latina rights group sued to have a holliday for a Hispanic-American hero as we have for MLK. Would a judge have the power to order the president to EO such a holiday into existance? Or could it simply rule that Cinco de Mayo will be Cesar Chavez Day?

Please run away from the question. That amuses me more than it should.

 

[Seymour Flops]

And if trump tells "lesser officials" not to comply with a contempt order who will enforce it? The system only works when people at the top aren't in the business of breaking the system.

I guess it would be up to the DOJ to enforce it, yes?

 

[BluesLegend]

Your rules Dems, we said you would hate it.

 

[Scoutster]

What have you liberals and lowly liberal nut job judges not understood yet. Trump is the law. You lost, get over it 46 more months at a minimum.

I don’t think these judges get this, every time they try to exert their will as above the potus they are being investigated immediately by the DOJ. Based on the last judge and his daughter ties to nonprofits/NGO‘s, they don’t seem that intelligent.

 

[Kondor3]

Trump administration says it cannot meet court deadline for foreign aid payments​

Feb 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration said in a court filing late Tuesday night that it "cannot" meet a federal judge's 11:59 p.m. Wednesday deadline for releasing frozen funds to foreign aid contractors and grant recipients, potentially setting the stage for it to openly disobey the order.
The claim came as the administration appealed the order from U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in Washington to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The administration asked the appeals court to put Ali's order on hold, opens new tab so it can consider the appeal.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-administration-says-it-cannot-meet-court-deadline-foreign-aid-payments-2025-02-26/

A federal judge on Tuesday directed the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid funding within two days after indications that it was failing to comply with a previous court order to keep money flowing to aid groups around the world.

The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development must release the funds and pay a number of bills by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, Judge Amir H. Ali of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia ruled.

Judge Ali had ordered the Trump administration on Feb. 13 to keep disbursing the funds pending the outcome of a lawsuit brought by two health organizations affected by President Trump’s executive order to pause most foreign aid for 90 days.

A hearing on Tuesday focused on the growing body of evidence that the Trump administration was flouting that order and exploiting various legal workarounds to keep the foreign assistance from flowing.

Judge Gives Trump Administration Deadline to Release Foreign Aid

The ruling marked the second the time a federal judge had pushed the Trump administration to act after finding that it had ignored an earlier order.

www.nytimes.com

Obviously a contempt order is called for since the admin has had almost 2 weeks to comply with the order. But to what end for an admin placing itself above the law and above the reach of court orders?

What is needed is for Congress to pass a law confirming Trump's foreign aid agenda and related agency closures.

It can be done easily enough in the House.

Can it be done in the Senate? ( even if they have to go the 51% route rather than the 2/3 approach)?

If that legislation is crafted to override and supersede whatever has gone before with respect to foreign aid...

Such legislation would (a) make the court challenges go away and then (b) allow the new aid agenda to proceed...