Another court win by Trump. These brainless fools never seem to tire of being on the wrong side of everything.
The headline is wrong, however. The appeals court didn't allow the Executive to do anything. They had that legal right. It prevented another act of judicial malfeasance.
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that President Trump can withhold some $2 billion in foreign aid payments, overturning a lower-court order that had blocked the administration’s plans to slash disbursements from the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of judges on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia lifted Biden-appointed District Judge Amir Ali’s temporary restraining order, which forced USAID to continue making billions of dollars in foreign assistance payments for work already done by organizations the agency contracted with.
Ali issued the restraining order in February in response to a lawsuit filed by two nonprofit organizations, the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition and Journalism Development Network, after Trump ordered a 90-day pause on foreign aid funding on his first day in office.
Judge Karen Henderson, an appointee of former President George H.W. Bush, noted in the majority opinion Wednesday that the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring a case against the Trump administration’s funding freeze.
“The district court erred in granting that relief because the grantees lack a cause of action to press their claims,” Henderson wrote.
The nonprofits had argued that the president exceeded his authority by virtually abolishing USAID and cutting congressionally approved spending.
Henderson, joined in the majority by Judge Gregory Katsas, a Trump appointee, ruled that under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, only the Government Accountability Office – a congressional watchdog agency – had standing to challenge the president’s order to withhold foreign aid.
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The headline is wrong, however. The appeals court didn't allow the Executive to do anything. They had that legal right. It prevented another act of judicial malfeasance.
Appeals court allows Trump to cut $2 billion in foreign aid
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that President Trump can withhold some $2 billion in foreign aid payments, overturning a lower-court order that had blocked the administration’s plans to slash disbursements from the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of judges on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia lifted Biden-appointed District Judge Amir Ali’s temporary restraining order, which forced USAID to continue making billions of dollars in foreign assistance payments for work already done by organizations the agency contracted with.
Ali issued the restraining order in February in response to a lawsuit filed by two nonprofit organizations, the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition and Journalism Development Network, after Trump ordered a 90-day pause on foreign aid funding on his first day in office.
Judge Karen Henderson, an appointee of former President George H.W. Bush, noted in the majority opinion Wednesday that the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring a case against the Trump administration’s funding freeze.
“The district court erred in granting that relief because the grantees lack a cause of action to press their claims,” Henderson wrote.
The nonprofits had argued that the president exceeded his authority by virtually abolishing USAID and cutting congressionally approved spending.
Henderson, joined in the majority by Judge Gregory Katsas, a Trump appointee, ruled that under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, only the Government Accountability Office – a congressional watchdog agency – had standing to challenge the president’s order to withhold foreign aid.
Appeals court allows Trump to cut $2 billion in foreign aid
In February, the State Department outlined plans to eliminate roughly $60 billion in foreign aid spending and terminate 92% of grants issued by USAID.
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Mental case. 