A federal judge in Maryland ruled Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Probably unconstitutionaland order it to eventually restore the legal functions of the institution.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Theodore Chuang concluded that summarizing the efforts of morality (Doge) “closure of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on an accelerated basis, including its obvious decision that the decision to permanently close the U.S. Agency for International Development Headquarters without formally appointed U.S. Agency for International Development officials could violate the U.S. Constitution in a number of ways.”
The actions “drain not only the plaintiffs, but the public interest, as they deprive the constitutional authority of the public elected representatives in Congress to decide whether, when and how the institutions created by Congress were closed.”
The judge issued a preliminary injunction and government for further litigation against U.S. Agency for International Development, which could be the Department of Emergency Justice (DOJ) appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and then appealed to the Supreme Court.
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In his ruling, the 2014 Obama bench Zhong also ordered the immediate resumption of email and computer access with all USAID employees, including employees on leave.
Now, further cuts to Doge are prohibited.
The lawsuit is filed by current and former agency employees and contractors.
Zhong’s ruling reportedly marks the first time a judge has ruled that Musk may exercise sufficient independent powers to demand that he confirm him under the terms of the constitutional appointment.
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The decision comes after another federal judge ordered the contractor to pay the rest of the foreign aid owed to the contractor to complete the work last week, and pointed out in a new court ruling that the government could have violated the doctrine of power by “illegal deductions” of nearly $2 billion in funds.
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali Trump administration Attempts to prevent payments made by the State Department and the United States Agency for the grant to recipients and foreign aid contractors may exceed their constitutional authority.
A former U.S.A.D.C. headquarters building on February 27. The layoffs come after Doge’s analysis of the organization and recommendations for large-scale layoffs. (Leigh Green of Fox News Digital)
“Here, executives unilaterally believe that the funds from Congress for foreign aid will not be spent,” Ali said. “The executive not only claims his constitutional powers to determine how Spend appropriation funds, but usurp the exclusive authorization of Congress regardless Funds should be spent first. ”
Alibaba had previously ordered the Trump administration to pay all foreign aid owed by 11:59 p.m. on February 26, totaling $1.9 billion
On February 5, protesters and lawmakers opposed Donald Trump and Elon Musk of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/J. ScottApplewhite)
this Supreme Court Last week, the case of emergency review was filed, but ruling 5-4 rejected the government’s request for an expanded freeze. Instead, the court returned the case to the Federal Court of the District of Columbia and put it back to the details of the payment that must be paid and when it will be paid.
Aid for the United States Agency for International Development became an early target of the Trump administration, and the president was a long-time critic of overseas spending, saying it did not benefit U.S. taxpayers, and even called those who operate top institutions “radical lunatics.”
On February 21, the fired U.S. Agency for International Development employees carried the box with messages. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
Republicans see it as a waste, promoting a liberal agenda, and should be integrated into the State Department, while Democrats say it can save lives abroad and help our interests by stabilizing other countries and economies.
Overall, the Trump administration will cancel 5,800 of the 6,200+ U.S. Agency for International Development’s contract awards and cut $54 billion. Of the 9,100 State Department grants, 4,100 were canceled for $4.4 billion, according to the State Department memorandum reviewed by the Associated Press.
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Several examples USAID has identified suspicious spending, including a “Gaza terrorist charity” called Bayader Environmental and Development Association, which has more than $900,000 and plans to “increase diversity, equity, and cost $1.5 million,,,,, and included in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities. ”
Michael Dorgan of Fox News Digital and the Associated Press contributed to the report.
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