Summary

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in blocked foreign aid within 48 hours, citing noncompliance with a 13-day-old court order.

The freeze, imposed by Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order, halted funding for USAID and State Department programs, affecting hundreds of millions of dollars owed to nonprofits and businesses.

The cutoff forced tens of thousands of layoffs and jeopardized critical aid projects. Despite the Feb. 13 ruling, no payments resumed.

This follows another case where a judge found the administration failed to unfreeze trillions in domestic grants and loans.

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      1 day ago

      There hasn’t been one yet. It’s defined as a situation in which a major political dispute cannot be clearly resolved on the basis of the particular government’s constitution or established practice. All steps must be taken until our system has been proven to fail.

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        13 hours ago

        You mean like when a person who organized an insurrection, and was found not eligible for office, still takes office?

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          13 hours ago

          I’m not saying he’s innocent, but he wasn’t convicted of having anything to do with it. That’s not a constitutional crisis, it’s a failure of our court system.

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            13 hours ago

            He literally is a convicted felon, who escaped jail only because he was running for POTUS.

            That’s not a constitutional crisis, it’s a failure of our court system.

            Those are one and the same.

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              12 hours ago

              He literally is a convicted felon

              But not convicted of treason, which is the important part as far as eligibility for President

              That’s not a constitutional crisis, it’s a failure of our court system.

              Those are one and the same

              They literally are not