#Trump admin says it cannot meet court deadline for #ForeignAid payments
Trump's admin said in a court filing that it “cannot" meet a federal US District Judge Amir Ali’s 11:59 PM Wed deadline for releasing frozen funds to foreign #aid contractors & grant recipients, potentially setting the stage for it to openly disobey the order.
The admin asked the DC appeals court to put Ali's order on hold so it can consider the appeal.
#law #USAID #DOGE #USpol #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-administration-says-it-cannot-meet-court-deadline-foreign-aid-payments-2025-02-26/
So all of this ↑ just happened.
It went just as you’d expect.
DC Appeals Court said, no to the #Trump admin, you have to obey Judge Ali’s order to pay by midnight.
Then the #DOJ went straight to #SCOTUS, who – you guessed it – sided w/Trump.
“#SupremeCourt grants Trump request to pause #USAID payments order”
“The admin faced a midnight deadline for disbursing nearly $2B in #ForeignAid. The order giving ofcls more time is only temporary
#law #aid #USpol #kleptocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/26/usaid-aid-supreme-court-payment-deadline/
@Nonilex Well exactly.
It went as one would expect.
Which is to say, this is how government works. Anybody upset by this or surprised by this doesn't understand how government works.
It's not that the court sided with Trump, it's that this is how the government works and has always worked. It has nothing to do with Trump.
Welcome to a government with democratic representation and a rule of law that supports it.
Anybody hoping to get resources outside of that process, well, the US is more democratic than that.
