Supreme Court pauses order that would force White House to pay out $2 billion in foreign aid

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 February 28, 2025

Donald Trump is trying to make sure that America's federal government is no longer spending American taxpayers' dollars frivolously. That's why he and his administration recently put a freeze on federal spending.

U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, a Joe Biden appointee, did not like that very much. On February 13, Ali temporarily halted the Trump administration's freeze on foreign spending and instructed the Trump administration to resume payments, including spending $2 billion in foreign aid.

Chief Justice John Roberts decided to grant a request to Donald Trump's administration to pause the order from Ali.

It's unfortunate that the liberals in America aren't on the same page as Trump's administration when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars responsibly.

Sarah Harris speaks up

Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris told America's Supreme Court that Ali's order "appears to contemplate the immediate outlay of nearly $2 billion" and has "thrown what should be an orderly review by the government into chaos."

Donald Trump promised the American people that he would be more responsible with our dollars than the last administration was.

I'm sure Joe Biden didn't like that, and it's clear the people he appointed don't either.

Judge Amir Ali wasn't ruling for what would be best for all Americans, he simply ruled for what would be most beneficial to the party that appointed him.

"What the government cannot do is pay arbitrarily determined demands on an arbitrary timeline of the district court’s choosing or according to extra-contractual rules that the court has devised," Sarah Harris said.

She continued, "That mandate creates an untenable payment plan at odds with the President’s obligations under Article II to protect the integrity of the federal fisc and make appropriate judgments about foreign aid—clear forms of irreparable harm."

Historic decision

The order from John Roberts was a big one because it's the first time the Trump administration has been granted relief by the Supreme Court.

John Roberts and the Supreme Court weren't just pandering to Trump, they simply did what they felt was the right decision.

For example, in another case, the Supreme Court allowed an official that Donald Trump fired, Hampton Dellinger, to remain in his position as head of the Office of Special Counsel.

The Trump administration had been sued in early February as a result of Trump's Foreign Aid Executive Order, which initiated a "90-day pause in United States foreign development assistance for assessment of programmatic efficiencies and consistency with United States foreign policy."

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