SCOTUS Upholds Constitution 5-4. Alito Upset.

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Wednesday, Mar. 05, 2025 Wednesday, Mar. 05, 2025 at 8:31:56am PST

FILE - Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, on Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. The core issue being debated before the Supreme Court on April 25, 2024, boils down to this: Whether a former president is immune from prosecution for actions taken while in office — and, if so, what is the extent of the immunity? (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) — Guess which 4 don't believe in The Constitution

In a 5-4 vote, SCOTUS upheld the Constitutional mandate that Congress has the ‘Power of the Purse’ and that the executive branch has no right to halt Congressionally approved spending. Trump is going to have to restore already approved of foreign aid.

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday sided against the Trump Administration and upheld a lower court's decision to force the release of nearly $2 billion in foreign aid funds.

John Roberts and Amy Comey Barrett joined the 3 left leaning SCOTUS justices in upholding the Constitutional separation of powers. Not surprisingly, Justice Alito threw a hissy fit in his dissenting opinion.

"The Government has represented that it would probably be unable to recover much of the money after it is paid because it would be quickly spent by the recipients or disbursed to third parties," Alito wrote.

Yes, Justice Alito, that’s the nature of aid. It gets spent. That’s in addition to the fact that this idiotic complaint doesn’t address the Constitutional issues halting the aid presented.

A win for the good guys, but this should have been a 9-0 vote. I’m hoping Roberts is finally beginning to understand the monster his court has unleashed, but it’s going to take more than one decision to convince me.

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