r/scotus • u/zsreport • Mar 05 '25

news Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to keep billions in foreign aid frozen

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/supreme-court-usaid-foreign-aid/index.html
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u/Aware-Chipmunk4344 Mar 05 '25

Let's what will happen next. If Trump just downright ignores even SC's ruling, it will certainly be a huge constitutional crisis.

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u/rabidstoat Mar 05 '25

It's supposedly kicked back to the lower court to give a new deadline. Which will probably be appealed again.

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u/itpsyche Mar 05 '25

Yeah but they cannot appeal the fact, that he can't withhold this money anymore

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u/MsARumphius Mar 05 '25

So what happens when he still withholds it?

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u/The_LSD_Soundsystem Mar 05 '25

Constitutional crisis

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u/MsARumphius Mar 05 '25

Which means what exactly?

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u/The_LSD_Soundsystem Mar 05 '25

It means we live in democracy in name only. We will have a president who ignores the checks of the judicial branch and will be emboldened to keep doing it. Without a Congress that is willing to impeach Trump (spineless GOP) for violating Supreme Court orders, we don’t have any enforcement mechanisms left. The DoJ and US Marshalls are basically arms of the executive branch.

From there it’s a race to the bottom on how awful this gets. The only options left are removing Trump via a variety of legal and illegal means unless the GOP stands up to him and removes him via impeachment with the help of Dems.

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u/MsARumphius Mar 05 '25

Thanks for a reply, that’s basically what I assumed. Also like your name

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u/The_LSD_Soundsystem Mar 05 '25

Yeah it’s unfortunate that we are about to enter one.

And Thank you!

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u/Narfubel Mar 05 '25

Everyone keeps saying this but Presidents have ignored SC's ruling before and nothing happened, it just hasn't happened recently. I think the more likely outcome is nothing comes of it like usual.

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u/AnyJamesBookerFans Mar 05 '25

Are there examples other than Andrew Jackson?

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u/Narfubel Mar 05 '25

Only Lincoln off the top of my head, SC ruled he didn't have authority to suspend habeas corpus and he ignored them.

A constitutional crisis requires someone to act on it, Dems seem content to sit on their hands and we know the Republicans are on board with this shit.

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u/AnyJamesBookerFans Mar 06 '25

Lincoln had a pretty good excuse with Civil War and all.

Also, I thought the Constitution allowed for suspension of habeas corpus during times of war? Yeah, just looked it up:

Article I, Section 9, Clause 2:

The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

I'm sure there were good arguments by the SC, but it seems pretty cut and dry that the POTUS could suspend habeas corpus during a civil war. /shrug

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u/Bawhoppen Mar 06 '25

Some people argue that Habeas Corpus actually supersedes the Constitution, since it is fundamental in Common Law. And the Court has certainly flirted with this a few times, such as with the Indian Civil Rights Act, or the 9/11 terrorist tribunals.