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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift its freeze on USAID funding, giving it five days to show compliance.

The ruling highlights the financial harm to nonprofits and suppliers due to the abrupt funding halt, which has disrupted global aid programs.

The judge criticized the administration’s lack of justification for the freeze and barred officials from enforcing stop-work orders.

The decision follows lawsuits from aid groups and contractors, with further legal challenges expected against USAID’s dismantling under Trump and Elon Musk.

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[–] RizzRustbolt 1 points 16 minutes ago

What are the odds that the name and address of that judge are leaked to the public before then?

[–] WrenFeathers 2 points 1 hour ago

Obligatory watch how quickly nothing is done about this. If it goes to the DOJ, it’ll be dead in the water.

[–] credo 15 points 8 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

that's all fine and dandy. but there's an important question I've only seen one person bring up.

who's going to enforce the order? because this sounds very much like andrew jackson saying after worcester v georgia chief justice john marshall "has his ruling. let him enforce it", and we get the trail if tears.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

who’s going to enforce the order?

Roughly 293 million people when it comes right down to it. (US population minus the 22% that voted for Orange Diaper Burger. Not factoring in the dolts that thought abstaining their D vote would somehow help Gaza, as that's harder to quantify and they're already quickly realizing the error of their ways.)

Now is not the time for defeatism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Not a lawyer, but court orders are ultimately enforced by the DOJ. So yeah...

[–] [email protected] 71 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

And when he doesn't listen then what? More time?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The judge will personally whoop his ass with the gavel in a no holds barred cage match at the whitehouse?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago

I would buy that pay per view!

[–] Sho 29 points 13 hours ago

They will wag their finger even harder while going tsk tsk. That'll show em'!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 13 hours ago

"You better stop before I count to three or.... Or.... Ummm... Or I'll be really upset! You won't believe how many sternly written letters I'll send!"

"Just you wait! Fox news will call me an activist judge and the GOP will seek to have me impeached! That will show you to mess with the Judiciary and nothing happens!"

[–] Landless2029 16 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ZagamTheVile 10 points 12 hours ago

Stop! Or I'll say stop again!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

"I am going to count to five! And if that funding freeze isn't gone by the time I'm done, you're gonna be sorry!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

How much of the food will have spoiled by then? Blame the GOP for all the mortality and morbidity they are causing.