{"id":2409951,"date":"2025-03-05T09:53:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T14:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-trump-on-usaid-foreign-aid-freeze-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T09:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T14:57:01","slug":"supreme-court-rejects-trump-on-usaid-foreign-aid-freeze-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-trump-on-usaid-foreign-aid-freeze-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court rejects Trump on USAID foreign aid freeze &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-rejects-trump-on-usaid-foreign-aid-freeze-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2409951&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court&#8217;s order \u2064that requires the U.S. Agency for International Progress\u2064 (USAID) and the State Department to pay approximately\u2062 $2 billion owed to contractors for completed\u2063 work. This \u200cdecision, made \u2063in a narrow 5-4 ruling,\u200c denied\u200d the Trump \u2062governance&#8217;s request to block the payments, which \u200dwere previously frozen \u2064as part of an\u2063 effort to cut foreign aid spending. \u2063Justices\u2064 Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh dissented, with Alito \u2063expressing \u2064concern \u200dover a\u2064 district judge&#8217;s\u200c authority to \u2062compel such critically \u2062important expenditures from the federal\u2063 government. This ruling highlights ongoing tensions between executive power and judicial \u200coversight, signaling that not all justices align with the administration&#8217;s expansive interpretations \u200cof executive authority, possibly influencing future\u200b legal challenges regarding unilateral policy changes by the Trump administration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Supreme Court rejects Trump on USAID foreign aid freeze<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video\">\n<div id=\"Brid_24824\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:1280;height:720;\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> has upheld a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-alito-moves-up-deadline-for-supreme-court-briefing-in-pennsylvania-lawsuit-to-flip-the-election\/\" title=\"Justice Alito Moves Up Deadline For ... Briefing in Pennsylvania Lawsuit to Flip the Election\">lower court&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s order requiring the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/State-Department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">State Department<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">immediately pay approximately  billion owed<\/a> to contractors for work already completed.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling comes after a temporary stay issued by Chief Justice John Roberts on Feb. 26, which paused a lower court&rsquo;s mandate that compelled the government to disburse the funds by midnight that day. But in a 5-4 decision Wednesday, the justices denied the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a>&rsquo;s request to vacate the lower court&rsquo;s order, allowing the payments to proceed. Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh dissented.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3336797\/supreme-court-set-reject-mexico-gun-challenge\/\">Supreme Court looks set to reject Mexico&rsquo;s $10 billion gun challenge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3336307\/supreme-court-san-francisco-sewage-dispute\/\">Supreme Court limits EPA authority in San Francisco sewage dispute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3335205\/supreme-court-weighs-mexico-challenge-us-gun-makers\/\">Supreme Court weighs Mexico&#8217;s challenge against US gunmakers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The decision marks a legal defeat for the Trump administration&rsquo;s efforts to freeze the funds as part of its broader attempt to curtail foreign aid spending, one that some sympathetic justices described as shocking.<\/p>\n<p>In his dissent, Alito condemned the majority&rsquo;s decision, arguing that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-vance-arent-defying-the-constitution\/\" title=\"... And Vance Aren&#039;t Defying The Constitution\">single district judge<\/a> should not have the unchecked power to compel the federal government to disburse such a large sum of money.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized concerns over sovereign immunity and the loss of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taxpayers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">taxpayer<\/a> funds, writing, &ldquo;The answer to that question should be an emphatic &lsquo;No,&rsquo; but a majority of this Court apparently thinks otherwise. I am stunned.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The legal dispute began when the administration moved to halt USAID foreign aid payments, prompting a lawsuit from contractors and non-profits that had already completed projects and were awaiting compensation. On Feb. 13, the U.S. District Judge Amir Ali issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/groups-sue-to-stop-georgia-law-barring-charitable-bail-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Groups sue to stop Georgia law barring charitable bail - Washington Examiner\">temporary restraining order barring<\/a> the administration from freezing the funds. The court followed up with a Feb. 25 order requiring immediate payment for work performed before the restraining order was put in place.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3331829\/trump-supreme-court-stay-foreign-aid-usaid-midnight-payments-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH TRUMP IN USAID FUNDING DISPUTE FOR NOW\">SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH TRUMP IN USAID FUNDING DISPUTE FOR NOW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ruling underscores a broader tension between the administration&rsquo;s aggressive executive actions and the judiciary&rsquo;s role in checking presidential authority. <\/p>\n<p>With a conservative supermajority on the high court, the decision also signals that not all justices are willing to back Trump&rsquo;s expansive view of executive power in every case. The decision could have significant implications for other legal battles over the administration&rsquo;s unilateral policy shifts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_24824\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"playlist\":\"24824\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court denies Trump\u2019s freeze on USAID foreign aid payments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2409952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25034612025571.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[49208,32275,3634,16381,32076],"class_list":["post-2409951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-foreign-aid","tag-supreme-court","tag-trump","tag-usaid","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25034612025571.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2409951"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2409955,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409951\/revisions\/2409955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2409952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2409951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2409951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2409951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}