Supreme Court Blocks USAID Freeze

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) recently ruled against President Donald Trump’s request to freeze $2 billion of USAID payments.

President Trump had asked SCOTUS to reaffirm the US’ freezing of $2 billion USAID ‘reimbursement’ payments to companies for work that had already allegedly been performed.

However, in a 5-4 ruling, SCOTUS rejected Trump’s request, ruling instead that the US had to pay the $2 billion.

The USAID funding dispute reached SCOTUS after a group of American businesses and nonprofits that receive foreign-assistance funds from the State Department and USAID filed suit at the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

After the DC district court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and demanded payment be made within a short timeframe, the US government appealed unsuccessfully to the US Court of Appeals and then to SCOTUS to freeze the payment.

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The Snakebite is written by Grayson Bakich and Javier Manjarres