The Supreme Court allowed the government Friday to freeze more than $4 billion in foreign aid payments that President Trump moved to cancel in a rare “pocket rescission” last month.
The Supreme Court allowed the government Friday to freeze more than $4 billion in foreign aid payments that President Trump moved to cancel in a rare “pocket rescission” last month.
In a 6-3 ruling, the high court granted the Trump administration’s emergency request to block a federal judge’s Sept. 3 ruling that required the funds previously appropriated by Congress to be dispersed.
“This is a massive victory in restoring the President’s authority to implement his policies,” a spokesperson for the White House Office of Management and Budget told The Post.
“Left-wing groups’ ability to seize control of the president’s agenda has been shut down.”
The majority of the justices found the “harms to the Executive’s conduct of foreign affairs appear to outweigh the potential harm faced by respondents,” which include the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, Journalism Development Network, Center for Victims of Torture and the Global Health Council.
The Supreme Court’s decision did not address the broader question of Trump’s power to unilaterally “impound” funding approved by Congress.
