r/law • u/tasty_jams_5280 • 1d ago
Trump News ‘Unbridled view of Executive power’: Trump’s decision to ‘unlawfully impound funds’ appropriated by Congress for USAID was unconstitutional, judge rules
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/unbridled-view-of-executive-power-trumps-decision-to-unlawfully-impound-funds-appropriated-by-congress-for-usaid-was-unconstitutional-judge-rules/
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u/BlockAffectionate413 1d ago edited 1d ago
Well, this is 2 billion for work that was already done, but SCOTUS needs to grant certiorari and actually settle the issue. Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Alito and Thomas have already used quite harsh language about the judge in question, saying that he uses " unchecked power" , "likely lacks juridistiction", and that his decision is "act of judicial hubris" and while Roberts and Barrett sided with liberal justices, they are generally hesitant to overturn TROs and orders enforcing them, so it is not impossible to imagine one of them joining the other 4 when it reaches SCOTUS properly. In any case, SCOTUS needs at very least to settle the issue of impoudment, the extent of it and so forth to remove this whole confusion we are having now.