Supreme Court won't lift lower court order unfreezing foreign aid funds

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17. This is a wildly dangerous sign -- only five SCOTUS votes for paying congressionally mandated invoices.

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‪Garrett M. Graff‬ ‪@vermontgmg.bsky.social‬
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This is a wildly dangerous sign — the idea that there are only five SCOTUS votes for paying congressionally mandated invoices for work *already* done!? This should be as basic a test of Article I as you can get. And that does not bode well for decisions to come.

This is a wildly dangerous sign — the idea that there are only five SCOTUS votes for paying congressionally mandated invoices for work *already* done!? This should be as basic a test of Article I as you can get. And that does not bode well for decisions to come.

— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg.bsky.social) 2025-03-05T14:44:34.735Z

‪Chris Geidner‬ ‪@chrisgeidner.bsky.social‬
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BREAKING: On a 5-4 order, SCOTUS denies DOJ’s motion to vacate Judge Ali’s State/USAID order, but notes that his prior deadline passed, so Ali is going to have to go back to the drawing board and “clarify” what the gov’t needs to do, “with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines.”

BREAKING: On a 5-4 order, SCOTUS denies DOJ’s motion to vacate Judge Ali’s State/USAID order, but notes that his prior deadline passed, so Ali is going to have to go back to the drawing board and “clarify” what the gov’t needs to do, “with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines.”

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2025-03-05T14:21:32.264Z