Obama Judges (Illegally) Blocks Trump's Freeze on Federal Spending, Also Forbid Trump from Exercising Authority Over Bureaucrats

Here we go again with the Unconstitutional Reign of the Hawaiian Judges.

This particular judge-shopped Hawaiian judge is from deep blue Rhode Island.

Kyle Becker @kylenabecker

BREAKING: Obama Judge Blocks Trump Administration's Freeze on Federal Funding

In a sweeping decision, a federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from freezing any federal funding, dealing a significant legal blow to the White House's efforts to withhold funds that are suspected of waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer money.

Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island issued the ruling, reinforcing a temporary restraining order (TRO) previously placed on the administration.

The court found that the government had continued to freeze funds despite prior legal orders, prompting the judge to mandate immediate compliance.

The ruling states that "all orders and judgments of courts must be complied with promptly" and warns that ignoring the order risks contempt charges. The Trump administration had attempted to justify the broad funding freeze as an effort to root out fraud, but the court ruled that such an expansive pause exceeded lawful authority and violated the TRO.

Judge McConnell's order requires the Trump administration to:

- Immediately restore all frozen funding during the pendency of the TRO.

- Cease any federal funding pause under the directive until a ruling on a preliminary injunction is made.

- Take all necessary steps to ensure the TRO is fully implemented without delay.

- Adhere to the TRO's plain text, preventing any funding pauses linked to the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) directives or the President's 2025 executive orders.

- Resume funding of institutes and agencies affected, including programs funded under the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Improvement and Jobs Act.

This decision follows a legal challenge from 22 Democratic-leaning states and the District of Columbia, which sued the Trump administration over its broad suspension of federal disbursements.

The lawsuit, filed in late January, argued that the administration was improperly halting funds that had been duly appropriated by Congress.

Last month, Judge McConnell issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the administration from withholding funds while the lawsuit proceeded.

The decision marks a critical setback for President Trump's broader efforts to reshape government spending policies, particularly regarding states and programs that conflict with his administration's agenda.

Legal experts suggest that the Trump administration's only remaining option is to seek mandamus relief, an extraordinary legal measure to overrule the district court's decision. The Trump administration has not yet announced its next legal steps.

A New York judge ruled that... The President of the United States is illegally interfering in the executive branch.

That's right, he's made explicit the left's understanding of government: The real government is the bureaucrats, who have all of the actual power, and elections are just window-dressing to keep the plebes from rebelling.

He's also an Obama judge. And, by the way, all of these judges look like Bugmen you'd have arrested for loitering around an elementary school.

Trump's legal team fired back:

Sean Davis
@seanmdav

Random federal judges in blue state backwaters have no authority to unilaterally dictate who the President may talk to or what data he can access. John Roberts and SCOTUS have two options here: they can bring these inferior malcontents to heel, or they can get used to the President simply ignoring these inferior courts or Congress eliminating them entirely.

Congress created these inferior courts so the Supreme Court wouldn't have to deal with every federal case by itself. But if these rogue inferior judges are going to routinely issue lawless decisions that the Supreme Court has to deal with anyway, Congress would be well within its rights to just eliminate them.

Roberts and SCOTUS can immediately put these lawless judges in their place, or Roberts can watch his caseload go up 1000x and his court's precious perceived legitimacy crater overnight.

The age of tolerating this nonsense is over.

Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2

Democrats have identified two groups of people they'll go to the mattresses to defend: illegal immigrants and government employees. What a platform.

alexandriabrown @alexthechick

This is going to end up with Justice Thomas benchslapping nationwide injunctions into the next solar system and I'm going to laugh and laugh and laugh.

posted by Ace at 02:36 PM

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