Posted on 03/13/2025 7:14:48 AM PDT by CFW
On Monday, The Federalist ran its first in-depth article covering the lawfare against President Trump’s efforts to implement his American-first agenda. “In Your Guide To The Lawsuits Challenging A President’s Power To Fire Executive Officials,” The Federalist provided a detailed analysis of the litigation launched against the Trump Administration challenging the president’s firing of executive branch officials.
Today’s article provides a deep dive for a second category of lawsuits likely to soon reach the Supreme Court, namely challenges to the Trump Administration’s funding freezes and terminations, and the federal government’s failure to pay for past work performed under grants and contracts.
Lawsuits falling within this bucket include, in chronological order by date of filing:
State of New York v. Trump, in which more than 20 blue states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump Administration, challenging the funding freezes.
National Council of Nonprofits v. Office of Management and Budget, in which associations of non-profit organizations sued the Trump Administration, challenging funding freezes.
Amica Center for Immigration Rights v. United States Department of Justice, in which nine subcontracts providing “legal access programs” for aliens sued the Department of Justice, challenging a stop-work order freezing their funding.
American Federation of Government Employees v. Trump, in which two unions sued the Trump Administration, challenging the alleged dismantling of USAID by, among other things, the canceling of grants and contracts.
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
SCOTUS had better step in soon. If not, they will be seen as being an active participant in the lawfare designed to stifle Trump's administration for the next 4 years.
Remember, when Democrats control the W.H., no party has standing to sue. When Trump took office in 2016 and now again in 2025, everyone seems to have standing to sue.
If Democrats shut down the government, Trump wont have to pay out court ordered money to USAID and other judge ordered payouts :)
Does SCOTUS ever “step in” independently to any situation without being petitioned or appealed to first?
Have they bee appealed to in any of these cases yet?
It’s lawfare to prevent exposure of corruption. It’s at God’s level of intervention at this point. Branches of government can no longer be trusted to do the right thing. Even for the president, there are many traitors dug into the woodwork. So many people don’t know right from wrong.
Do them dem playbook. Ignore and carry on!
No, SCOTUS does not just “step in” and I shouldn’t have indicated that they should do so without a case before them.
However, from the article at the Federalist,
“While these cases remain in the early stages of litigation, given that several courts have entered injunctions commanding the Trump Administration to pay on grants and contracts, and to not terminate other awards, it is likely the appellate courts, or the Supreme Court, will intervene in the short term to address the fundamental issue of jurisdictions.
Specifically, the appellate courts and eventually the U.S. Supreme Court will need to address whether federal district courts have jurisdiction to enter injunctions requiring the payment of grants and contracts for claims premised on the APA or the constitution.”
Thanks for the insight. I also have long wondered about judges from defined jurisdictions ability to issue sweeping, nation-wide TROs affecting the entire nation literally at will, with seemingly no restraint imposed. Has this ever been litigated and is it a recent phenomenon?
Judge Orders Thousands of Fired Government Workers Be Reinstated
“Key Points
A federal judge has ordered six federal agencies to reinstate thousands of probationary employees who were fired last month, dealing a blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to rapidly scale back the size of the federal workforce.
The Trump administration has encountered a number of legal challenges in its push to slash the government’s size and spending, including a lawsuit from a coalition of 20 states over plans to eliminate nearly half of the staff of the Education Department.
The Education Department, with around 4,500 employees as of last year, is the smallest cabinet-level agency. Polls show most Americans oppose eliminating the department.”
Didn’t Trump last night sign an EO stating that everything is going ahead full steam until the appeal to SCOTUS shuts them down if they rule against them?
I am having trouble finding it now but maybe I dreamt it...
Here it is:
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