[Political Junkie Too]

Furthermore, funding comes from Congress. This was a Justice Department grant. No judge has the authority to demand that the Justice Department gives its budget away as the judges decide.

-PJ

[buckalfa]

"Furthermore, funding comes from Congress. This was a Justice Department grant. No judge has the authority to demand that the Justice Department gives its budget away as the judges decide."

I have,searched and have yet to find the judge's basis for the ruling. Could it be the rationale is that since only Congress has the power to fund something, then only Congress has the power to defund?