Judge Blocks Trump's Plan To Freeze Federal Aid

[Baron2024]

From an article on The Hill--

"A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocked the Trump administration’s freeze of federal funding, dealing a stark blow to President Trump’s sweeping efforts to realign government spending with his agenda.

U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan enjoined the government from “implementing, giving effect to, or reinstating under a different name” the White House budget office’s directive to freeze federal assistance while the court reviews the spending.

“In the simplest terms, the freeze was ill-conceived from the beginning,” AliKhan wrote. “Defendants either wanted to pause up to $3 trillion in federal spending practically overnight, or they expected each federal agency to review every single one of its grants, loans, and funds for compliance in less than twenty-four hours. The breadth of that command is almost unfathomable.”


A coalition of nonprofits challenged the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) directive last month. Though the memo that spurred the lawsuit was rescinded, the coalition has argued that the administration maintains an interest in carrying out the same policy as part of its broader efforts to dramatically reshape the federal government.

“It’s an administrative priority to end wokeness, and they’re backing that with this cudgel of withholding billions — perhaps trillions — in funding,” Kevin Friedl, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said during a hearing on the preliminary injunction last week."

Rest of the article at the link below--

https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-indefinitely-blocks-trump-plan-194722667.html

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Likely Trump response: MAKE ME.