The DC Circuit Court of Appeals handed the Trump administration another major victory on Wednesday after it lifted a district court’s preliminary injunction prohibiting the government from cutting foreign aid for fiscal year 2024.
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The victory comes from the DC Court of Appeals. New York Times: A federal appeals court panel cleared the way on Wednesday for the Trump administration to continue refusing to spend billions of dollars in foreign aid, finding that aid organizations that had sued to recover the money lacked the legal right to bring the challenge. The decision, which centered on President Trump’s authority to withhold funding already appropriated by Congress, handed the White House a significant legal victory. Since taking office, Mr. Trump and his advisers have consistently claimed expansive authority to freeze federal dollars allocated for projects they have endeavored to snuff out — an action known as impoundment that legal scholars and aid groups had considered to be strictly limited under federal law (New York Times).
John Sexton: The backstory here is that President Trump essentially shut down USAID and attempted to stop spending that had already been appropriated by Congress. A lower court ruled against the administration and said it was required to continue paying the aid money while the case worked its way through court. The Trump administration even appealed to the Supreme Court but lost. SCOTUS chose not to overrule the lower court while the case was ongoing…. For the moment, this is a clear win for the administration but this may not be over yet. The aid groups could still appeal to have this reheard by the entire appeals court (rather than a three-judge panel). That appears to be the next step (Hot Air).
James Burnham: To recap, there were two major challenges to the winddown of USAID–one regarding terminated employees, the other regarding terminated grants and contracts. Both have now resolved largely in the Administration’s favor (Burnham).
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