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‘The court split 5–4, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett joining the three liberals in refusing to set aside a lower court order mandating disbursement of [foreign aid] funds.’

Trump loses, and the rest of us learn not to jump to conclusions about the Supreme Court.

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And permit me a nyah-nyah — I’ve been telling my political friends for years that all is not lost with the Supreme Court. I’ve told them that the Supreme Court will surprise them. They have laughed at me when I said that.

That’s one for UD.

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UPDATE:[W]e’ll find out [in subsequent rulings] whether the Supreme Court intends to serve as a bulwark against a president who is hell-bent on asserting the unilateral power to control federal spending. If not, yesterday’s order may come to look like a momentary, ephemeral reprieve in Trump’s ongoing assault on Congress’s power of the purse.

Margaret Soltan, March 5, 2025 1:48PM
Posted in: democracy

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