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Alito's dissent in the SC ruling forcing Trump to release
Posted on: March 5, 2025 at 21:41:27 CT
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the $2 billion to USAID:
From the Washington Post:
As is customary in emergency orders, the majority did not explain the reasoning for its decision. It directed the lower court to clarify what obligations the government must fulfill to global health groups, with consideration of the “feasibility of any compliance timelines.” Soon after the ruling, U.S. district Judge Amir H. Ali ordered the government to develop a timeline to restart the payments.
Alito's dissent:
Does a single district-court judge who likely lacks jurisdiction have the unchecked power to compel the Government of the United States to pay out (and probably lose forever) 2 billion taxpayer dollars? The answer to that question should be an emphatic ‘No,’ but a majority of this Court apparently thinks otherwise. I am stunned.
and Esquire's commentary:
I wish the majority had issued a formal argument for why it ruled the way that it did. Not having done so leaves the Alito dissent as the only formal stated argument for the record—an odd position for the argument that did, after all, lose.
Edited by JeffB at 21:42:21 on 03/05/25
From the Washington Post:
As is customary in emergency orders, the majority did not explain the reasoning for its decision. It directed the lower court to clarify what obligations the government must fulfill to global health groups, with consideration of the “feasibility of any compliance timelines.” Soon after the ruling, U.S. district Judge Amir H. Ali ordered the government to develop a timeline to restart the payments.
Alito's dissent:
Does a single district-court judge who likely lacks jurisdiction have the unchecked power to compel the Government of the United States to pay out (and probably lose forever) 2 billion taxpayer dollars? The answer to that question should be an emphatic ‘No,’ but a majority of this Court apparently thinks otherwise. I am stunned.
and Esquire's commentary:
I wish the majority had issued a formal argument for why it ruled the way that it did. Not having done so leaves the Alito dissent as the only formal stated argument for the record—an odd position for the argument that did, after all, lose.
Edited by JeffB at 21:42:21 on 03/05/25
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Alito's dissent in the SC ruling forcing Trump to release - JeffB MU - 3/5 21:41:27