Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives.
Edit: some people are getting a cached copy of this which isn't up-to-date. You can see similar coverage in the New York Times if that happens to you
Just read the article, and I don't see any mention of a judge acting on anything.Edit: Confirmed this was a cacheing issue
Unless it's changed since I posted, the first sentence is:
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives.
Strange. The first sentence it shows me is:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending, causing confusion and panic among organizations that rely on Washington for their financial lifeline.
Handed down by U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Case is filed before DDC as 1:25-cv-00239 Brief and prayer for relief here. The official order isn't even up yet, this whole thing is moving at light speed. Parties are to file before the Court Feb. 3 no later than 11 am EST.
UPDATE: Here's doc13 from the DDC with the order. I knew they'd get it out tonight, it just takes time to get that physically banged into the system.
ALSO PART OF THE SAME UPDATE: Word is that the NSF Director, Sethuraman Panchanathan, is telling folks to just ignore the Judge. Hmm.... Anyone want to ask any of the Judges on the DDC about contempt charges? But in all fairness likely guy just wants Sauron's gaze off his back. I'm pretty sure EOP staff close to Trump are frothing over the chance to rip NSF into tiny shreds of paper.
Presumptive OMB Director Russ Vought is hot to test out his take on the 1974 Impoundment Control Act, which has been that the law in full is unconstitutional. I figure this is their first step towards getting the law in front of SCOTUS. They are absolutely itching to push on how the current court feels about "power of the purse". And like I said, Vought has kept no secrets. He absolutely believes that Congress can write checks, but the President can pick when to cash them or not, as an intended check on "the relentless spending by Congress."
This guy is literally gunning for some Congressional power. Let's see how well that plays out. For all we know, the cucks in Congress will let Trump's OMB do it.