"Supreme Court, for now, blocks order for Trump administration to release billions in US foreign aid"

[yellow dahlia]

Source: Colorado Gazette and AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a judge’s order giving the Trump administration a midnight deadline to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid.

Chief Justice John Roberts said the order issued by U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali will remain on hold until the high court has a chance to weigh in more fully.

Ali had ordered the federal government to comply with his decision temporarily blocking a freeze on foreign aid, ruling in a lawsuit filed by nonprofit groups and businesses. An appellate panel refused the administration’s request to intervene.

Read more: https://gazette.com/ap/politics/supreme-court-for-now-blocks-order-for-trump-administration-to-release-billions-in-us-foreign/article_3be3fdfb-2f22-5c0d-a2a7-a7e0121b5461.html

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The Supreme Court will have the "government" brief them at noon on Friday.

Here comes yet another test of SCOTUS.

[dweller]

1. So they CAN

Move quickly to protect their insurrectionist …



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[yellow dahlia]

3. Exactly what Mr. Dahlia said.

[NotHardly]

40. Supreme Scam, these f*ckers are part of the Cult of Trump

[Trust_Reality]

43. MY guess: The Infamous John Roberts needs time to prepare his deceptive wording for

defending fascism.

[Klarkashton]

2. They could have let the money flow (temporarily)

The bastards are going to side with trump.

[dweller]

4. Meanwhile

Thousands and thousands of needy will die , while aid will rot on the docks and in warehouses …

The cruelty is the point
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[BOSSHOG]

44. And aid is piling up on farms in Iowa and Kansas, unpaid for

[yellow dahlia]

53. Exactly! n/t

[Daleuhlmann]

8. I'm Fearing the Worst, Too, Klarkslashton!

I fear that SCOTUS will indeed side with Trump, if not on Friday, then soon thereafter. If that happens, then the U. S. Constitution will be nothing more than a worthless document for the executive branch to shed at will.

[Genevra]

32. SCOTUS showing their asses again.

I hope this fucks up their ideological "originalist" doctrine if they allow The Walking Mango to run amok on our government.

At least then, they will no longer have a role in our society because they are founded by the Constitution that they just struck down. What the hell do they think they will get to do, once there is NOTHING to interpret???

Dumb bastards.

[NotHardly]

41. They are in the Cult of Trump

[Magoo48]

55. The near future will breakdown simply: those who want to live free, fascists, and those I don't care.

And, those who don’t care will have to make a decision when this shit show lands on their roofs.

[Daleuhlmann]

11. They Certainly Could Have!

Cowardly, corrupt comservative majority, or "thugs in robes," as my friend refers to that bunch!

[Daleuhlmann]

28. Absolutely They Could Have!

In fact, that would have been the only fair thing to do while SCOTUS makes up its mind.

[C_U_L8R]

5. Of course they did.

Supreme obedience.

[speak easy]

13. the slime ball six, corrupt to their stinking cores.

[Bluethroughu]

6. These traitors are going to give this crap bag another win for his kingdom.

Shut this country down, stay home
GENERAL STRIKE!

Be prepared to lose everything now, or lose it later. Set the date.

[gab13by13]

7. I know there are legal beagles here on DU

Who keep telling me it takes 6 months for Democrats to get an appeal to the Supreme Court but it takes 6 hours for a Magat.

Why is that?

Same thing when Colorado kept Krasnov off the ballot.

We are done if the Supreme Court gives the purse strings to Krasnov and Musk.

[yellow dahlia]

9. Andrew Weissmann made that exact point on Lawrence - how quickly they move now.

[mzmolly]

12. Yes. It's very urgent for the SCOTUS to ensure we starve

people and gut family farms in the process.

[yellow dahlia]

14. And right now USAID programs that address world health are not in place,

including the staff needed to address Ebola and other diseases. And then there are all the programs to keep children all over the world from starving.

[mzmolly]

17. It's horrendous.

And incredibly sad.

[bluestarone]

24. YES, i've mentioned this before.

Worst SC ever!

[Silent Type]

10. I know odds are against us at SC level, but they have blocked some -- but not all --trump suits

where Congress approved laws/acts signed by Prez. I think they might not give trump complete authority to overrule Congress, or the SC for that matter.

But I’m no longer confident about anything I think, or at least hope for, regarding trump era politics.

[ancianita]

26. KEY issue at the SC level and all lower fed. court levels: when has the SC ever literally enforced its rulings.

When. We can always hope, but it would also be better to have at least two examples, just to show a pattern of enforcement. (through AG's & state level law enforcement?)

[Daleuhlmann]

15. This Is an Issue of Impoundment, Too!

SCOTUS had better DAMN well consider the fact that what Trump is attempting is called impoundment, which is against the law! The legislative branch of our government, as represented by Congresss, had voted for that money to be used for a specific purpose, in this case, for USAID funding. It can neither be frozen or impounded. According to the Constitution, only Congress holds the "power of the purse," and if this Congress doesn't have the guts to fight for its power, as appears to be the case, then the Judicial branch is Constitutionally empowered to. That's the way our governmental system of checks and balances work, Donald Dickhead!

[yellow dahlia]

16. Exactly!

I keep saying we need to keep pointing out the Constitution, and Article 1, and Separation of Powers. A little Civics lesson never hurt anyone.

[Hassler]

18. Crimey Clarence and Sammy the Scam must be on

Billionaire financed retreats.

[Orrex]

19. I believe we have actual footage of Roberts begging Trump to shit in his mouth

[mahatmakanejeeves]

20. " This is money already owed. For work already done."

Reposted by Domestic Enemy Hat

Radley Balko
‪@radleybalko.bsky.social‬

This is money already owed. For work already done. They’re asking SCOTUS to let Trump run the government the way he runs his businesses.

https://bsky.app/profile/radleybalko.bsky.social/post/3lj4pnf3unc2w

jolowobe
‪@jolowobe.bsky.social‬

Appreciate the post. My company is one of the plaintiffs. Our current financiers - four of the largest financial institutions in the U.S. and Europe - are unwilling to extend any further working capital because they have lost confidence that the U.S. government can be counted on to pay its bills.

https://bsky.app/profile/jolowobe.bsky.social/post/3lj4syy7wec2l

[suilebhan]

21. SCOTUS fail

This is merely another opportunity for SCOTUS to fail the Constitution and the rule of law. This "court" is inimical to both.

[Kablooie]

22. They are going to bend over backwards...

To ensure that Trump is able to destroy our democracy.
Trump wants America to emulate N Korea and scotus thinks that’s a great idea.

[Blasphemer]

23. Anything in service to their Christofascist agenda.

Let’s “save” all the fetuses and let the living suffer and die. Republican “Christian” values.

[Mr. Mustard 2023]

27. Yeppers. Maniacs with machine guns

slaughtering our kids and us - "it's the price of freedom" but "freedom" of an unwanted pregnancy is different.

This is about power pure and simple.

[bluestarone]

25. They will rule for TSF! They will say

The remedy for this is with Congress! If you don't like it IMPEACH him, that will be their decision. So we ALL know what that means.

[Wonder Why]

29. I always thought the courts were supposed to decide how much "injury" to either party would

result if a delay were approved. In this case, I see little injury to the American taxpayer but a huge injury to a fast shutdown of funds. Apparently, the "Worst SCOTUS Chief Injustice in American History" doesn't think so.

[dweller]

31. How does the gov

Have standing in this case ?
What ‘harm’ will they suffer if the funds (approved by Congress) flow ?
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[Wonder Why]

33. The government is supposed to be representing the people of the country so I totally

agree with you as I said: "In this case, I see little injury to the American taxpayer". The funds were approved by our representatives and signed by our President at the time so there needs to be damn good evidence that the American people will be harmed if SCROTUS issues a halt and I don't see that at all.

[Safe as Milk]

59. The government represents the people? OK. But the USSC represents the Federalist Society. n/t

[the_liberal_grandpa]

30. Dems should have done something about these clowns

while they could. Now, I fear it is too late.

[Martin68]

34. I don't understand how SCOTUS can allow the US to renege on payment for work already accomplished or under

legal contract.

[yellow dahlia]

54. Right. Goes against everything...including the Constitution. n/t

[Unique Like Everyone]

35. Has anyone else thought...

that perhaps all the pushback from this admin is because they have already transferred the funds into their secret account, therefore they can't release something that is not there.

[yellow dahlia]

37. Yes. Someone else did posit that idea,

somewhere on DU. I can't remember who.

It makes sense to me. Of course they did.

Meanwhile Ebola is going unchecked, and children are going without food. Oh, and American farmers are losing income. And so on and so on.

[orangecrush]

46. Excellent point

[NH Ethylene]

36. Call me naive, but I have a bit of hope that the SC will curb some of this insanity.

Do these far right members really want to see our democracy dismantled? Aren't things going way too far even for them? If the Constitution is gutted through 47's illegal power grabs, then the Supreme Court is just a toothless panel of blowhards. If they let all this go through, haven't they simply endorsed their own demise as an entity?

[Figarosmom]

38. Well we'll see but

I think I see where the SCOTUS sits

[madamesilverspurs]

39. .

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[ananda]

42. It looks like they're gonna fail that test...

and all future tests.

[orangecrush]

45. Expected bullshit

[GoreWon2000]

47. SCOTUS Florida 2000 coup is alive and well in 2025

The 6 magas now on the SCOTUS wouldn't be there if it wasn't for the Rehnquist 5 SCOTUS coup throwing out we the people's votes in 2000. That made it possible for bushthief to appoint Roberts and Alito and create the Presidential election theft plan that tRump has been using ever since. I think tRump thinks he's got at least 5 and maybe 6 votes on the SCOTUS now who will gladly let him carry out his coup.

[yellow dahlia]

48. Agreed.

The history that got us here is just as painful as the reality we face right now.

Gore won. Kerry won. I believe Hilary won. And I am convinced Harris won. When people talk about preparing for the next election, my head explodes.

[stillcool]

57. thank you for saying that

there's nothing nice about it. I just bought Ferdinand Lundberg's "the Rich and the Super-rich". It is my favorite book to understand the beginning of the end. There's something peaceful about understanding.

[yellow dahlia]

60. I hear you. As crazed as all of this is making me,

I still stick to my credo - knowledge is power (a power within...not a power over anything).

[angrychair]

49. Fuck this

Fuck them. Yet again fucking SCOTUS is giving that fucking fascist the keys to the kingdom... literally.
So fucking done with this. Fuck them. Fuck everything. Let it burn. I give up.

Really, nothing I'm going to do will matter with God damn SCOTUS fucking giving him everything.

What the fuck is there to discuss?!? Congress allocated the money and this asshole is withholding it which he cannot do. It's not complicated. Fuck this country.

[yellow dahlia]

50. And children are starving all over the world, as USAID funds are held up.

And Ebola is going unchecked.

I am finding new hate and anger I didn't know I had.

If SCOTUS doesn't side w/ the district court to unfreeze the funds - they are complicit.

[Kid Berwyn]

51. Why not? They're NAZI majority.

Fucking more superpowers for the super unstable moron.

[yellow dahlia]

52. Are they willing to be the ones that cause children to starve in the world,

and unleash Ebola and Marburg...and whatever else on the world? Oh right, and take business away from American farmers?

[Kid Berwyn]

61. Impossible for good people to fathom, but that is exactly what their work does.

Ask Mrs. Jane Roberts, wealthy wife of the wealthy Chief Just-us:

“They come to me.” — Jane Roberts.

’They come to me’: Jane Roberts’ legal recruiting work involved officials whose agencies had cases before the Supreme Court

In newly revealed testimony, the wife of Chief Justice John Roberts said she worked for “U.S. attorneys, cabinet officials, former senators” and more.

By HAILEY FUCHS and JOSH GERSTEIN
Politico, 01/31/2023

Jane Roberts, the wife of Chief Justice John Roberts, acknowledges having represented a wide variety of public officials — including senior Justice Department officials and Cabinet members — as they transitioned to jobs in the private sector, according to testimony in an arbitration hearing to resolve a lawsuit filed by an ex-colleague against her former legal recruiting business.

A partial transcript of that testimony was included in a complaint submitted to the House, Senate and Justice Department filed in December on behalf of the former colleague.

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Jane Roberts’ placements included at least one firm with a prominent Supreme Court practice, according to the complaint, which also includes sworn testimony from Roberts herself, in which she notes the powerful officials — whose agencies have had frequent cases before her husband — for whom she has worked.

“A significant portion of my practice on the partner side is with senior government lawyers, ranging from U.S. attorneys, cabinet officials, former senators, chairmen of federal commissions, general counsel of federal commissions, and then senior political appointees within the ranks of various agencies, and I -- they come to me looking to transition to the private sector,” Roberts said, according to a transcript of a 2015 arbitration hearing related to her former colleague’s termination.

In her testimony, Roberts also noted the benefit of working with senior government officials: “Successful people have successful friends.”

Continues…

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/31/jane-roberts-legal-recruiting-work-agencies-cases-supreme-court-00080515

Millions for those willing to go along. Nothing for those who most need help. I understand they are religious people, which must be in the sense of Hernán Cortés and smallpox.

[yellow dahlia]

62. They get away with it, in plain sight.

[2naSalit]

56. NEVER FORGET THIS!!

That they can also starve the needy and all other kinds of evil this action precipitates.

Every one of them must suffer the consequences of this one.

[Safe as Milk]

58. They COULD have turned the case back to the lower court.

But NO! Roberts had to stick his nose in for some more pompous nonsense. If he rules in favor of Trump, that's the literal end of the democratic republic. He dissolves the limitations of the executive branch and declares them fully in charge-- even in charge of Roberts' Court. But let's not overestimate the brightness of the bulb inside Roberts' head. There are dark corners aplenty inside that skull.

[intrepidity]

63. And? So what happened on Friday? nt

[bluestarone]

64. Kick

What happened on Friday?