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Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending (apnews.com)

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U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell became the first judge to find that the administration had disobeyed a court order. Federal money for things like early childhood education, pollution reduction and HIV prevention research has remained tied up even after his Jan. 31 order blocking a planned halt on federal spending, he found.

McConnell’s temporary restraining order issued Monday also blocks the administration from cutting billions of dollars in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health.

“These pauses in funding violate the plain text of the (temporary restraining order),” McConnell wrote. “The broad categorical and sweeping freeze of federal funds is, as the Court found, likely unconstitutional and has caused and continues to cause irreparable harm to a vast portion of this country.”

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[–] MapleEngineer 32 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

The US military is sworn to protect the constitution.

It's time for them to do some protecting.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I was wondering what it would take. They're mostly republicans though, yeah?

[–] Raiderkev 8 points 10 hours ago

They still crank Trump's hog even though he's a draft dodger who called fallen soldiers "suckers” and "losers", and violated the sanctity of Arlington national cemetery for a PR stunt.

The majority of people in the military are uneducated.

[–] zib 4 points 10 hours ago

Well, according to Agent Orange, the constitution says the president is a god emperor and the military must obey his every order. /s

[–] Makeitstop 1 points 8 hours ago

Trump did say he wants generals as loyal as Hitler's...