A federal judge stood on Friday with an alliance of 22 states and a temporary ban on freezing Federal aid financing directed by the Trump administration – the second matter of this week.
The American boycott judge, John J. McConnell, in Rod Island, in his ruling that the widespread guidance in the administration and budget office, which caused chaos and confusion this week in Washington and all over the country, violates the law.
The judge wrote: “The executive authority is suspended by one side to pay federal funds to the states and others simply by choosing to do so.”
McConnell added: “The CEO does not cite any legal authority that allows her to do so; in fact, no unitary laws law will declare here,” he said, as the coalition request was granted to obtain a temporary restriction order.
The Ministry of Justice argued that the case was penetrated because the White House memo was canceled on Wednesday, two days after it was sent to federal agencies that determine a large -scale freezing on most scholarships and federal loans.
The judge noted that after canceling the memo, White House press secretary Caroline Levitte tweeted: “This is it It is not cancellation From freezing federal financing. It is simply canceling the OMB note. Why? To end any confusion his creation is a court order for the court. Eo’s eo’s on federal financing remains fully valid, and will be strictly implemented. “
“The evidence indicates that the alleged cancellation of OMB was only by name,” McConnell said.
“Based on the statement of the non -built press secretary and the ongoing procedures for the executive agencies, the court found that the policies in the directives of OMB that challenge the countries here are still under strength and influence, and therefore the issues presented in the United States movement do not evacuate.”
The Ministry of Justice did not immediately respond to the request for suspension.
On Monday night, the OMB Memorandum issued Federal Agencies “temporarily to stop temporarily from all activities related to commitment or disbursement of all federal financial assistance, and others woke up external aid, NGOs, Dei, gender ideology, and the new green deal.”
The memo said that the temporary suspension will allow the administration to review “consistent” programs with the agenda of President Donald Trump. She said that social security, medical care and direct payments of individuals should not be affected, but it was mysteriously formulated, causing confusion about what will be stopped. After its issuance, there were reports of people and organizations unable to reach the systems to receive their federal aid.
The memorandum also led to the presence of a pair of lawsuits before being canceled – one through an alliance of non -profit organizations in Washington, DC, and another through the state alliance and the province of Colombia.
On Tuesday, the American boycott judge, Lauren Alejhan, stopped directing the administration to allow full arguments the following week.
McConnell’s matter goes further, and found that the states “are likely to succeed in the advantages of some, if not all, their claims.”
“Federal law determines how the executive authority should behave if he believes that the credits are inconsistent with the priorities of the president – you must ask Congress, not to act on one side,” he wrote.
“Are there some aspects of temporary suspension that may be legal and constitutionally appropriate for the executive authority? resolution He said. “The court must act in these early stages of litigation under the” worst scenario “because the expansion and ambiguity of the executive authority makes it impossible to do otherwise.”
The matter of the temporary restriction of the judge prohibits the administration in order to freeze the current federal financial assistance to the states in order to judge a coming request to obtain a preliminary judicial order from the states.
The Public Prosecutor of Rod Island, Peter Nirnha, thanked the judge “to see the irreparable damage that this guidance will cause.”
“The executive branch does not have the power to intercept the important federal financing that Congress has already allocated to the states, on which the Americans depend. This guidance aims to be public safety, health care, old warriors services, child care, disaster care, and said in a statement that countless foundation has been implemented For American life “and” to inspire fear and chaos “.