{"id":2410093,"date":"2025-03-05T14:07:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alito-stunned-after-supreme-court-rejects-foreign-aid-freeze-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T14:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:11:36","slug":"alito-stunned-after-supreme-court-rejects-foreign-aid-freeze-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alito-stunned-after-supreme-court-rejects-foreign-aid-freeze-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Alito &#8216;stunned&#8217; after Supreme Court rejects 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=\"float:left\"><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%2Falito-stunned-after-supreme-court-rejects-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=2410093&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>Justice Samuel Alito expressed strong dissent\u200b after the Supreme Court declined\u200d to block a\u200c lower\u2064 court&#8217;s ruling that required the Trump administration \u200bto pay $2 billion in foreign\u200b aid instantly. This decision, which passed by a narrow 5-4 vote, allows the payments to\u2062 proceed despite the administration&#8217;s attempts to\u200d freeze the funds. Alito, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas,\u2063 Neil Gorsuch, \u2062and Brett Kavanaugh, criticized the ruling as a failure to check judicial overreach, asserting that it grants excessive power to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-vance-arent-defying-the-constitution\/\" title=\"Trump And Vance Aren&#039;t Defying The Constitution\">single district judge<\/a>. The \u200ccase arose after U.S. District Judge Amir Ali&#8217;s order blocked the 90-day freeze on funding,\u2062 prompting swift action from the Supreme Court. Alito warned that this ruling sets a troubling precedent for judicial authority. The Trump administration had aimed to terminate most of the United\u2064 States Agency for International Development&#8217;s contracts, affecting thousands \u200dof aid agreements.\u200b Following this decision, further legal actions are anticipated, including potential appeals.  <\/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\">Alito &lsquo;stunned&rsquo; after Supreme Court rejection of Trump 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 id=\"Brid_2028963\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/samuel-alito\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Samuel Alito<\/a> issued a scathing dissent Wednesday after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> declined to block a lower court&rsquo;s order forcing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump administration<\/a> to pay $2 billion in foreign aid immediately, a move he said left him &ldquo;stunned.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The 5-4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/835734543\/Supreme-Court-rejects-Trump-on-USAID-foreign-aid-freeze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">order<\/a> effectively allowed the payments to proceed despite the administration&rsquo;s efforts to freeze the funds. Alito, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, condemned the decision as a failure to check &ldquo;judicial hubris.&rdquo; He was joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3337771\/supreme-court-rejects-trump-foreign-aid-freeze\/\">Supreme Court rejects Trump on USAID foreign aid freeze<\/a><\/li>\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<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., nominated by former President George W. Bush, sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Does a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-forces-trump-admin-to-release-2-billion-in-foreign-aid\/\" title=\"SCOTUS Forces Trump Admin To Release  Billion In Foreign Aid\">single district-court judge<\/a> 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?&rdquo; Alito wrote. &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 dispute arose after U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, blocked the Trump administration&rsquo;s 90-day freeze on foreign aid funding in response to a lawsuit from nonprofit groups. Ali&rsquo;s Feb. 25 order gave the administration just over a day to comply, prompting the Supreme Court to step in with a temporary pause issued by Chief Justice John Roberts. The court&rsquo;s Wednesday decision lifted that stay, requiring the payments to resume immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Alito warned that the ruling set a dangerous precedent, arguing that Ali&rsquo;s expedited mandate abused judicial power. &ldquo;A federal court has many tools to address a party&rsquo;s supposed nonfeasance,&rdquo; Alito wrote. &ldquo;Self-aggrandizement of its jurisdiction is not one of them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, commended Alito, calling on his X followers to repost part of this dissent &ldquo;in the comments if Justice Alito speaks for you today.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Post this &#127963;&#65039; in the comments if Justice Alito speaks for you today: <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PhTaC34heE\">https:\/\/t.co\/PhTaC34heE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/1897305855202050270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Justice Alito&rsquo;s dissent was characteristically spot-on,&rdquo; Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan H. Adler, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University, <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/volokh\/2025\/03\/05\/scotus-denies-trump-administration-application-to-stay-district-court-order-blocking-pause-of-usaid-payments-certiorari-sure-to-follow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">wrote<\/a> for <em>Reason <\/em>that the dissent signals &ldquo;this is far from the end of the case.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Indeed, since four justices dissented here, it is abundantly clear that there will be four votes for certiorari once the Department of Justice files a petition. In other words, stay tuned,&rdquo; Adler said.<\/p>\n<p>The majority&rsquo;s decision to allow Ali&rsquo;s unfreezing of foreign spending dollars drew an even larger uproar in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">conservative judicial advocacy community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Davis, founder of the Article III Project, has been a stalwart voice against &ldquo;activist&rdquo; judges restraining several of Trump&rsquo;s executive actions and has warned a handful of them that they &ldquo;should be impeached.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With the Supreme Court&#8217;s refusal today to rein in DC activist judges sabotaging the President&#8217;s Article II executive powers, Congress must step up.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Article3Project?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Article3Project<\/a> is drafting proposed legislation to bring much-needed reforms to the DC District Court.<\/p>\n<p>Gloves are coming off.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &#127482;&#127480; Mike Davis &#127482;&#127480; (@mrddmia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrddmia\/status\/1897309107591504165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>In response to this decision, Davis said his group is &ldquo;drafting proposed legislation to bring much-needed reforms to the DC District Court.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration argued that the lower court&rsquo;s directive created an &ldquo;untenable payment plan&rdquo; and undermined the president&rsquo;s authority under Article II to regulate federal spending. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3337771\/supreme-court-rejects-trump-foreign-aid-freeze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">SUPREME COURT REJECTS TRUMP ON USAID FOREIGN AID FREEZE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Court filings revealed that the administration was moving to terminate more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development&rsquo;s foreign aid awards, affecting nearly 5,800 contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Ali is expected to hold a hearing Thursday on a preliminary injunction request that could bring the case back to the Supreme Court as an emergency appeal soon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_2028963\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2028963\"}});<\/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>Alito &#8216;stunned&#8217; 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