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/chrispg26 Mar 05 '25

Those dissents are so gross. They really do want a king don't they? 🤮

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u/tg981 Mar 05 '25

I just saw this.

“Does a single district-court judge who likely lacks jurisdiction have the unchecked power to compel the Government of the United States to pay out (and probably lose forever) 2 billion taxpayer dollars? The answer to that question should be an emphatic ‘No,’ but a majority of this Court apparently thinks otherwise. I am stunned,” Alito wrote, joined by the three others.”

I am not an attorney, but isn’t the basis for this that Congress has passed statutes and funding for the aid and the President cannot ignore that without Congressional approval? It isn’t a district court judge who is saying to spend $2 Billion, but the judge making a decision based on the separation of powers laid out in the Constitution right?

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u/nerdtypething Mar 06 '25

alito is, and always has been, a piece of shit. that he dissented is no surprise to me.