HUGE WIN: Supreme Court Sides With Trump, Pauses Order to Imminently Release Foreign Aid

Smackdown for radical Soros-backed Muslim Judge Amir Ali. The Supreme Court sided with President Trump and has temporarily blocked a lower court order, which attempted to force Trump to give BILLIONS to foreign aid.

The key issue here is who is running the country. Activist judges must be impeached.

Bukele: “We had to remove corrupt judges and corrupt attorneys and prosecutors."

Activist judges must be impeached and removed. pic.twitter.com/pg5NdQwjJe

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) February 26, 2025

Corrupt judges should be impeached

And removed

Pass it on if you agree

— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) February 26, 2025

If ANY judge ANYWHERE can block
EVERY Presidential order EVERYWHERE,
we do NOT have democracy,
we have TYRANNY of the JUDICIARY.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 26, 2025

Keeping America updated on the intricacies of all of the lawsuits over the Trump Administration's cancelation of USAID funding . . . as well as highlighting other developments. https://t.co/61tTGn6na5

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) February 27, 2025

Best legal take:

So for those who weren't following this for last two days, what happened in short is a federal district court judge ordered Trump Administration to pay out about $2 billion in money under contracts, etc. by midnight tonight purportedly to enforce Temporary Restraining Order. 1/ https://t.co/GLbrDzFCTG

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) February 27, 2025

2/ Trump Administration basically said: a) we couldn't if we wanted to; b) this Court lacks authority to make us pay money on contracts b/c we have sovereign immunity (i.e., we didn't give you permission to sue us), you have to sue in Court of Claims.

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) February 27, 2025

3/ TROs aren't generally appealable but this was a court order to do something so it should be appealable now, but when Trump appealed to D.C. Circuit, the Court refused to hear appeal & tossed case. Trump had hedged bets & also asked SCOTUS to stop judge's unlawful order.

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) February 27, 2025

4/ Justice Robert's granted an "Administrative Stay" basically freezing the lower court's order mandating compliance by midnight. This is huge because SCOTUS doesn't normally get involved in cases, and definitely not at such an early stage where it is before district court.

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) February 27, 2025

5/ But as I said yesterday when Judge did this, all hell was about to break loose and Justice Roberts likely recognized that reality: They cannot let a lone district court judge control the Executive Branch where the order is so clearly beyond the judge's authority to issue.

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) February 27, 2025

6/ Shame on D.C. Circuit panel (Obama & 2 Biden judges) who didn't see the huge need to stop this farce.

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) February 27, 2025

7/7 If you are interested in more details on this case, my pinned post lists all the cases and if you click on case of interest & look at post engagement & quote posts, I start with original case & do quote post w/ developments-so all earlier 🧵here. https://t.co/11LncsIy2q

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) February 27, 2025

Related: One of Biden’s Final Appointments, First Federal Muslim Judge Judge Amir Ali Rules Trump Administration Has to Pay Millions in Jihad Aid

Supreme Court briefly pauses order for Trump admin to imminently release foreign aid

By Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee The Hill, February 26, 2025:

Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily delayed a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments, imposed by a lower judge who found the administration had flouted his ruling.

The administration said it could not feasibly resume payments on the rapid timeline set by U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, who on Tuesday directed the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to resume funding for foreign aid contracts and grants by the end of Wednesday.

“This new order requiring payment of enormous sums of foreign-assistance money in less than 36 hours intrudes on the prerogatives of the Executive Branch. The President’s power is at its apex—and the power of the judiciary is at its nadir—in matters of foreign affairs,” acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris wrote in the emergency motion to the high court.

By default, the request went to Roberts, who handles emergency appeals arising from the nation’s capital. His pause lasts until the court decides whether to wipe Ali’s ruling, which Roberts could decide himself or refer to full court for a vote.

Roberts ordered the plaintiffs to respond in court filings by mid-day Friday.

But for now, Roberts’s decision means the administration does not have to release the funding by midnight, handing Trump a temporary win in his broader effort to dismantle USAID.

However, it leaves the USAID contractors and nonprofits who sued in limbo.

The coalition wrote in court filings that, unless the administration pays up, several plaintiffs and their members could be forced to cease operations this week, contending that “time truly is of the essence.”

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