in World News Supreme Court faces backlash after blocking Trump’s management of executive branch
By Bob Unruh
Congress should offset ‘that wasted $2 billion from the federal judiciary’s $9.5 billion budget’
The U.S. Supreme Court, which stunningly and deliberately interfered in President Donald Trump’s management of the executive branch, over which he is given authority by the U.S. Constitution, is facing a backlash over its decision.
“We’re now urging Congress to offset that wasted $2 billion from the federal judiciary’s $9.5 billion FY2025 discretionary budget,” announced a spokesman for the Article III Project, Mike Davis.
The dispute is over just a portion of the massive spending fraud and waste that Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency found in its agenda to eliminate fraud, waste and criminal activities in federal spending.
Ordered halted were payments of some $2 billion that had been authorized by Joe Biden, but reversed by President Trump.
The groups that were to get the funds sued, and the Supreme Court, 5-4, said those payments should go forward.
Davis’ organization pointed out that Justice Samuel Alito expressed that he was “stunned” by the decision.
“In a 5-4 decision, SCOTUS sided with an activist D.C. judge to sabotage the presidency and spend $2 billion in foreign-aid money over the President’s objection. According to SCOTUS, the waste, fraud, and abuse at USAID must continue,” the organization said.
“The D.C. District Court is out of control. This radical Biden judge and his fellow tyrants-in-robes need to be reined in. If SCOTUS won’t do it, we will. The Article III Project will draft legislation to bring much-needed reforms to the D.C. District Court. That court’s authority needs to be delegated to local D.C. crimes and not national policies.”
A commentary at Federalist went even further.
It suggested that since the ruling was so far out of alignment with the Constitution, Trump might ignore it.
“The Supreme Court’s shocking decision on Wednesday to allow a D.C. district court judge to order the Trump administration to disburse $2 billion in federal grant money is a major blow to the separation of powers undergirding our constitutional system of government,” the commentary said. “But the thing about separation of powers is that they stand or fall together. All three branches of our government — legislative, executive, and judicial — have to respect the Constitution’s clear separation of powers. If one of them doesn’t, there’s no reason that the others should.”