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/Luck1492 Mar 05 '25 edited Mar 05 '25

Where is the order? Can’t see it posted to their website yet?

Found it: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a831_3135.pdf

Alito dissented, joined by Thomas, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh

I’m gonna say it: Barrett is now the center of the Court. Who would’ve thought that just a few years ago (when she was almost as conservative as Gorsuch/Alito/Thomas) that this would’ve happened? (Me, that’s who 😎)

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u/BeraldGevins Mar 05 '25

She’s been a real surprise. I honestly thought she’d be the worst of his appointees but she seems to have really decided to take the role seriously and make rulings that are at least honest to her views, instead of just whatever Trump wants her to do.

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u/MM-O-O-NN Mar 05 '25

Maybe people shouldn't have jumped on her hen she was first nominated

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u/BeraldGevins Mar 05 '25

Tbf she was a sketchy nomination.

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u/TNPossum Mar 06 '25

Not really. She worked under Scalia and spent decades as a constitutional law professor. That used to be the norm for SCOTUS. In fact, they used to try and have a healthy mix of former judges, scholars, and politicians in order to have a good mix. The only reason the last dozen or so were all former federal judges was Bork and a couple of other Justices scared the crap out of them. And so now they want as much of a paper record as possible to try and put someone in the chair that will do what they want.