
Conservative justices 'stunned' by Supreme Court's USAID decision, lambaste majority in scathing dissent
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Four of the Supreme Court's conservative justices lambasted the majority's decision to reject a request from the Trump administration to continue a pause on foreign aid payments.
In a scathing eight-page dissent, Alito called the decision an "unfortunate misstep" and one he said "rewards an act of judicial hubris" by the lower court judge, U.S. District Judge Amir Ali. Breanne Deppisch is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the Trump administration, with a focus on the Justice Department, FBI, and other national news.
"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," Alito wrote.