NEWS: Judge Amir Ali finds that the Trump administration is likely violating separation of powers in partially granting a preliminary injunction in the State Department/USAID foreign aid case. As with the TRO, he also finds the government is likely violating the APA with the non-payment issues.
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*…what does it really mean though now that they closed down the offices and fired everyone?
Here's his ruling: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277333/gov.uscourts.dcd.277333.60.0.pdf
Will each department or class of worker have to file suit individually?
I am flabergasted that more firings are continuing to happen, even as the administration is losing court cases...
They *are*
thanks, chris, really.
But I can never seem to fully decipher these legal rulings any longer.
Layman’s terms?
1. Payments of all work completed by 2/13 are to be made. The processing agreement is 300 a day.
2. The Trump admin does not have the right *not* to spend the money Congress appropriated, so they are enjoined from impounding the money.
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And, it is big. This is a strong ruling, and Ali quotes extensively from Roberts and Kavanaugh and cites Alito.
I was screaming into the void before the election about this.
No one batted an eye.
Scroll down to Expansion Of Presidential Powers and read it, then read the rest.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenda_47