SCOTUS Forces Trump Admin To Release $2 Billion In Foreign Aid

On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court greenlit an overreaching lower court order that effectively forces the Trump administration to disburse $2 billion in foreign grant money.

In a 5-4 decision, the high court’s majority denied a request by the federal government to vacate a Feb. 25 ruling by D.C. District Court Judge Amir Ali, a Biden appointee. That directive, according to SCOTUS, ordered the State Department and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to disburse roughly $2 billion in foreign grants to nongovernmental groups for “work already completed before the issuance of the District Court’s temporary restraining order — by 11:59 p.m. on February 26.”

Ali had previously issued a temporary restraining order on Feb. 13 preventing the Trump administration from lawfully pausing the distribution of such funds.