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The USAID Case: Judge Amir Ali’s $2 Billion Defiance Escalates
American Thinker ^ | 13 Mar, 2025 | Charlton Allen

Posted on 03/13/2025 4:09:38 AM PDT by MtnClimber

As the money flows, the Supreme Court’s failure to act enables unchecked judicial activism.

The Supreme Court’s recent refusal to vacate the lower court’s order in the USAID case has sharply divided legal observers—especially conservatives. Some initially dismissed it as a mere procedural hiccup, a fleeting technical matter that would quietly resolve itself.

They were wrong then. They are even more wrong now. Judge Amir Ali’s latest ruling makes that painfully clear.

As someone who has served as a judicial officer on appellate review, I know how these battles unfold behind closed doors. I’ve seen colleagues wobbly in their convictions. I’ve written blistering dissents. I’ve withheld dissents when persuading a majority to reconsider. That is precisely why Justice Alito’s fiery dissent—joined by Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh—must not be rationalized away.

Some legal analysts still insist this case is minor. Why did Alito and the conservative wing sound the alarm with such force if that were true?

They weren’t quibbling over technicalities. This wasn’t just a procedural disagreement.

It was a judicial broadside—a full-throated rebuke of Judge Ali’s overreach and the Supreme Court majority’s failure to stop it.

Yet the dissent's harshest terms weren’t aimed at Judge Ali. They were squarely directed at the Supreme Court majority—particularly Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett—who had the power to stop this and failed.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: amirali; article2; badbehavior; bidenjudge; bidenstooge; charltonallen; interference; judgewatch; judicialcoup; judicialmisconduct; judicialoverreach; noauthority; nojurisdiction; obstruction; politicaljudiciary; sabotage; scotus; undermining; usaid
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1 posted on 03/13/2025 4:09:38 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Judicial overreach never seems to come from the right to stop the marxists.


2 posted on 03/13/2025 4:09:49 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

“Judicial overreach” is the torpedo aimed directly at the heart of United States jurisprudence.

Mission accomplished.


3 posted on 03/13/2025 4:16:35 AM PDT by alloysteel ( Divergence is not at all the same thing as diversity.)
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To: MtnClimber

The answer is simple.

Take a playbook page from the puppeteers of dementia Joe and don’t make the payments.


4 posted on 03/13/2025 4:22:34 AM PDT by 70times7 (Serving Free Republic's warped and obscure humor needs since 1999)
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To: MtnClimber

blackmail working its magic? you decide.


5 posted on 03/13/2025 4:27:24 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("The left will rue the day they cheated Trump out of the 2020 election forever" L.Star )
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To: MtnClimber

Aren’t the Judicial, Executive and Legislative branches meant to be separate?


6 posted on 03/13/2025 4:33:10 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: MtnClimber
Like Elon's 5 bullet accomplishments request - fail to respond will be take as you resignation, Trump should do the same thing to ACB and Roberts. Fail to do your duty and address this issue on the merits and I will consider you AWOL and take that as your resignation from the SC so we can replace you with someone who will show up and do the job as SC justices that you won't do.

This isn't about differing interpretations of jurisprudence. This is about doing your job or not doing it. While DC may have been willing to overlook Biden not showing up to work for 4 years, I will not tolerate key officials at any level not showing up for work.

7 posted on 03/13/2025 4:37:22 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: MtnClimber

Malta and his wife, who runs the satellite controls decide,
and NOT the elected President. Until THEY are charged.


8 posted on 03/13/2025 4:37:36 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: MtnClimber

I’ve said for years that the American judiciary is no friend to us. Going back to the 70s sKotus and legal abortion and legal porn. They were demonic then and haven’t changed.


9 posted on 03/13/2025 4:42:26 AM PDT by LouAvul (1 John 2:22: He that denies that Jesus is the Christ is a liar and antichrist. )
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This Canadian muzzie needs his commie butt deported. He’s not an American. Where does this boy get the authority to decide who gets to raid the U.S. Treasury. Deport him or lock him up for theft.


10 posted on 03/13/2025 5:00:17 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The commie pig, Ellissa Bumpkin, says Americans brains are not fully developed. She can KMA.)
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To: MtnClimber

SCOTUS - DO YOUR JOB!


11 posted on 03/13/2025 5:01:35 AM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good. )
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To: MtnClimber

Well, at least now we know why Barrett decided to allow a muzzie foreigner to raid the U.S. Treasury. Somebody, most likely DemonRATs, have made death threats against her sister.


12 posted on 03/13/2025 5:02:59 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The commie pig, Ellissa Bumpkin, says Americans brains are not fully developed. She can KMA.)
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To: 70times7

Why not just ignore this ‘judge’ like Biden repeatedly ignored SCOTUS.

Look into this judge’s correspondence, emails, texts, phone records and bank accounts. I bet there is GOLD.


13 posted on 03/13/2025 5:05:31 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: MtnClimber

I believe our Constitution says if a law (ruling?) is not in accordance with Constitution, then it is the duty of the leader to NOT obey it. If the leader obeys the unlawful thing then subordinates on down have the duty to step in and stop it.


14 posted on 03/13/2025 5:07:09 AM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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Congress needs to get it together and come up with a way to get rid of the foreign refugee bastards in the judiciary put in by Joe Pedo and the Kenyan.


15 posted on 03/13/2025 5:10:42 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The commie pig, Ellissa Bumpkin, says Americans brains are not fully developed. She can KMA.)
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To: MtnClimber

Don’t make the payments. What will Ali Baba do? Enforce fines? Don’t pay those either. Then what will he do? Curse at Trump in Arabic? Will the House impeach Trump? NOTHING will happen, except perhaps the overdue rebalancing of Executive power.


16 posted on 03/13/2025 5:11:11 AM PDT by montag813
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Roberts is loving this. He sees himself as the final word. It’s strictly a power thing with him.


17 posted on 03/13/2025 5:14:42 AM PDT by ComputerGuy ( )
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Congress or whomever should at least take up impeachment of them, if if not removed. Let their record show times they do not abide by their oaths to follow the Constitution, not their own personal whims.


18 posted on 03/13/2025 5:16:30 AM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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To: MtnClimber

bkmk


19 posted on 03/13/2025 5:17:39 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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Not making the payments is terrible optics for Trump. It’s red meat for the talking heads and grist for the Low iq lib. Another shouting point on Sunday talk shows.


20 posted on 03/13/2025 5:18:53 AM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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