Post Ax8YsfzTz8XK8IyOSO by Nonilex@masto.ai
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 (DIR) Post #Ax8YPMgAhoSZqExoau by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-08-13T19:39:55Z
       
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       Unreal#Trump Can Withhold Billions in #Aid, #AppealsCourt RulesIn a 2-to-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel ruled that #ForeignAid groups who sued to recover funds that #Trump froze lacked the legal right to bring the challenge.The decision, which centered on Trump’s authority to withhold #funding already appropriated by #Congress, handed the White House a significant victory.#impoundment #law #AbuseOfPower https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/us/politics/foreign-aid-trump-appeals-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
       
 (DIR) Post #Ax8YXYGtUQ5K6x2niq by lor@beige.party
       2025-08-13T19:41:22Z
       
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       @Nonilex This was a stupid ruling JFC
       
 (DIR) Post #Ax8YZTu0hl598jGDiK by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-08-13T19:41:45Z
       
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       Since taking office, #Trump & his advisers have consistently claimed expansive #authority to freeze federal dollars allocated for projects they have endeavored to snuff out — an action known as #impoundment that legal scholars & #aid groups had considered to be strictly limited under federal #law.#AbuseOfPower
       
 (DIR) Post #Ax8YsfzTz8XK8IyOSO by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-08-13T19:45:13Z
       
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       But by a 2-to-1 vote, the appeals court panel ruled that under the #Impoundment Control Act of 1974, only the Government Accountability Office [#USGAO], which serves as #Congress's independent #watchdog, could challenge #Trump’s efforts to withhold #ForeignAid funding. The panel found that groups that receive government #funding — in this instance, a number of #global #health nonprofits — do not have cause to challenge Trump’s funding cuts.#law #AbuseOfPower
       
 (DIR) Post #Ax8Z5Mj2vK0i9EKsbI by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-08-13T19:47:32Z
       
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       The decision lifted a lower court’s order that had required the admin to continue processing #ForeignAid payments w/funds #Congress had budgeted.In finding that the #Trump admin had unlawfully delayed money Congress appropriated, a lower court previously required the govt to make available all the aid funds Congress allocated for fiscal year 2024. That included nearly $4B to spend on #global #health activities until Sept, & >$6B for #HIV / #AIDS programs through 2028.#law #AbuseOfPower
       
 (DIR) Post #Ax8Z7aNt6z5D5ZUvmS by bibliofishy@mastodon.social
       2025-08-13T19:47:53Z
       
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       @Nonilex *headdesk*
       
 (DIR) Post #Ax8e8lBuuu4QfNHIA4 by TomDB@mastodon-belgium.be
       2025-08-13T20:44:03Z
       
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       @Nonilex Everybody should be clear on this: it’s all Trump’s fault, his and his administration. His supporters should be thoroughly informed on that matter.