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The Supreme Court’s rebuff of Trump is more ominous than it looks

newrepublic.com The Supreme Court’s Rebuff of Trump Is More Ominous Than It Looks

Two conservative justices joined the three liberals in ordering the administration to pay USAID contractors who are owed around $2 billion. But can that unlikely split hold?

Summary

The Supreme Court ruled 5–4 against the Trump administration, ordering the U.S. Agency for International Development to pay $2 billion owed to contractors.

The case stemmed from Trump’s dismantling of USAID and freezing of funds, prompting a lawsuit by the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition.

The ruling, backed by Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett with the three liberals, signals resistance to Trump’s executive overreach.

However, a strong dissent from four conservative justices, led by Alito, relied on Trump’s rhetoric in its reasoning. This suggests future legal battles over executive authority may be more contentious.

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So, four... FOUR supreme court justices think it is okay for the US government to fail to pay it's debts to an AIDS prevention organization for work they had ALREADY DONE!
What the fuck happened to this country?
As a side note, how long before Trump starts calling SCOTUS illigitimate if they keep ruling against him?
- And I guess these four supreme justices think the world should continue to buy US debt lol. You reap what you sow.
- It's kind of interesting because it directly echos Trump's own thoughts. As personal or his business strategy Trump alwaslys tried to block payment after contracted work was done.
  And now part of his supreme court is showing the same tendency, I suspect this will come back again and again untill more justices fall in line and the ruling for non payment of delivered work sticks.
  Perhaps at some point Trump or the supreme court declares:
  "Doing work for/in name of King Trump is it's own reward, outstanding bills are null and void".