Supreme Court Forces Trump Administration To Disburse Withheld USAID Funds

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett side with all Democratic appointees in telling the executive to pay those firms which had already completed their contracted work.

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Officials from USAID and WFP inspect a donation food aid in Zimbabwe. AP/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi

The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court order directing President Trump to disburse funds to contractors for the U.S. Agency for International Development which had already completed work for the government. In the 5–4 decision, the chief justice and Mr. Trump’s most recent court appointee sided with the three liberals. 

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