The Steady Drip: WH Appeals to Supreme Court on 'Pay-or-Else' USAID Order (Connecting the Dots: The Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, The Commercial Club of Chicago, The Economic Club of Washington, Jenner & Block, U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, USAID & Soros Funding, All Networking)

WH Appeals to Supreme Court on 'Pay-or-Else' USAID Order (Connecting the Dots: The Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, The Commercial Club of Chicago, The Economic Club of Washington, Jenner & Block, U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, USAID & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Newsmax.com

By Eric Mack | Monday, 03 March 2025 01:44 PM EST

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/usaid-appeal-doge/2025/03/03/id/1201165/

President Donald Trump's efforts to cut free foreign aid is seeking for a boost from the Supreme Court.

The Trump administration has reportedly filed Monday with the top court seeking relief on a lower court judge's order to deliver $2 billion in U.S. Agency for International Development foreign aid without delay.

Washington, D.C., U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, appointed by former President Joe Biden a year ago, had ordered the government to make the payments before the end of Feb. 26, before the Supreme Court put a temporary hold on the urgent order.

Solicitor General Sarah Harris argued Monday the "36-hour pay-or-else order" was rushed and would lead to the U.S. government being forced to pay out fraudulent claims, The Washington Times reported.

"The government cannot just press a button and disburse funds in response to any request that fits the district court's description," Harris wrote in the filing, according to the Times.

"Instead, the government must undertake a multistep process that complies with federal statutes before payments are authorized for disbursement."

Foreign aid organizations had asked the Supreme Court on Friday to require the Trump administration to promptly pay them as Ali ordered.

The groups — contractors and recipients of grants from USAID and the State Department — urged the justices to reject the administration's request to block Ali's order for the payments to be made.

In a Supreme Court filing Friday, the foreign aid organizations argued they "would face extraordinary and irreversible harm if the funding freeze continues," as would their employees and those who depend on their work.

The organizations' "work advances U.S. interests abroad and improves — and, in many cases, literally saves — the lives of millions of people across the globe. In doing so, it helps stop problems like disease and instability overseas before they reach our shores. The government's actions have largely brought this work to a halt," lawyers for the foreign aid groups wrote.

Ali's order had originally given the administration until Feb. 26 to disburse the funding, which the administration said amounted to nearly $2 billion in thousands of foreign aid payment requests. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts paused that order hours before the midnight deadline.

The interim order by Roberts gave the Supreme Court additional time to consider the administration's more formal request to block Ali's ruling and set a Friday deadline for the foreign aid groups to respond.

Trump, pursuing what he has called an America first agenda, ordered a 90-day pause on all foreign aid on his first day back in office Jan. 20.

Aid organizations accused Trump in lawsuits of exceeding his authority under federal law and the U.S. Constitution by effectively dismantling an independent federal agency and canceling spending authorized by Congress.

Among the plaintiffs in the litigation are the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, Journalism Development Network, international development company DAI Global and refugee assistance organization HIAS.

The Trump administration has kept the disputed payments largely frozen despite a temporary restraining order from Ali that they be released and multiple subsequent orders that the administration comply. Ali's Feb. 25 order at issue before the Supreme Court applied to payment for work done by foreign aid groups before Feb. 13, when the judge issued an earlier temporary restraining order.

Trump and his adviser Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person, have taken dramatic steps to reshape and shrink the federal government. They have dismantled some agencies, fired thousands of workers, removed or reassigned hundreds of officials and dismissed the heads of independent agencies, among other actions.

USAID administers about 60% of U.S. foreign assistance and disbursed $43.79 billion in the 2023 fiscal year. According to a Congressional Research Service report, the USAID workforce assisted about 130 countries.

Amir Ali (judge)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Ali_(judge)

Early career

After graduating, Ali served as a law clerk for Judge Raymond C. Fisher of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2011 to 2012 and for Justice Marshall Rothstein of the Supreme Court of Canada from 2012 to 2013.^[4] From 2013 to 2017, Ali practiced at the law firm Jenner & Block.^[5] He also argued and won a case before the U.S. Supreme Court as a fifth-year associate.^[6] From 2021 to 2024, Ali was the executive director of the MacArthur Justice Center,^[7][8] a nonprofit law firm founded by businessman and philanthropist J. Roderick MacArthur. Since 2018, Ali has been a professor at Harvard Law School, where he directs the law school's criminal justice appellate clinic.^[7][4] Ali has also served as an adjunct professor of litigation and constitutional law at the University of District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center.^[9][10] He served on the board of directors of the Appellate Project.

Notable rulings

On February 13, 2025, Ali issued a temporary restraining order on Executive Order 14169, which would have ordered cuts in funding for foreign assistance programs governed by USAID and the U.S. Department of State.^[34][35] The order issued halted the ability of the Government to restrict foreign aid and assistance that had already been in place prior to President Trump assuming office, without fully enjoining the executive order itself.^[36] According to Ali, the purpose of suspending portions of the order was to allow for an opportunity to review programs for their efficiency and consistency with federal priorities, as there had been no provided explanation for the blanket suspension of all congressionally appropriated foreign aid.^[37][38][39] Following this, Ali issued a deadline of February 18th for the Government to inform the court of their "status of compliance".^[40][41] After such payments failed to resume and an appropriate response was not provided, Ali ordered for all aid issued prior to the temporary restraining order to be paid by February 26th.^[42][43] Ali rejected further requests by the Trump Administration to extend the deadline, with the administration appealing Ali's court order to both the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court asking for Ali's court order to be placed on hold.^[44][45][46] The Circuit Court initially rejected the request; however, the Supreme Court soon after granted the request, ultimately placing Ali's order on hold, and allowing Trump's executive order to remain in effect.

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John G. Roberts Jr. is the chancellor for the Smithsonian Institution, the chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, an honorary member of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA) and was a justice for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

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Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is the president emeritus for the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA), an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle.

David M. Rubenstein is the co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank), Joe Biden spent Thanksgiving with him and a regent at the Smithsonian Institution.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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Ann M. Fudge is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the U.S. program advisory panel chair for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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John J. Gilligan was the Center for American Progress and an administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Melody C. Barnes was the EVP for the Center for American Progress, the director at the Domestic Policy Council for the Barack Obama Administration, a principal for the Raben Group and is Barack Obama’s golf partner.

Robert Raben is the president for the Raben Group, an assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice and a director at the American Constitution Society.

Eric H. Holder Jr. was the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration and a board member for the American Constitution Society.

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Paul M. Smith is a partner at Jenner & Block and a director at the American Constitution Society.

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George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Abner J. Mikva is a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society and was the chief judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

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Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Smithsonian Institution.

Shirley Ann Jackson is a regent at the Smithsonian Institution and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

David M. Rubenstein is the co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank), Joe Biden spent Thanksgiving with him and a regent at the Smithsonian Institution.

Mike Pence is a regent for the Smithsonian Institution and was the vice president for the Donald Trump administration.

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Rajiv Shah is the administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the agriculture undersecretary for the Barack Obama administration and the director of agricultural development for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

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Faith Elizabeth Gay is a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society and was an attorney at Sidley Austin LLP.

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Abner J. Mikva is a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society and was the chief judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Amir Ali (judge) court order to both the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court asking for Ali's court order to be placed on hold.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

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Vernon E. Jordan Jr. was the president of the Economic Club of Washington, is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the president emeritus for the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA).

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Amir Ali (judge) court order to both the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court asking for Ali's court order to be placed on hold.

Abner J. Mikva was the chief judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and is a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Faith Elizabeth Gay is a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society and was an attorney at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP and Obamacare is his signature policy initiative.

CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.

Donna S. Morea was the EVP for the CGI Group Inc. and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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Resources: Past Research

Republican FCC Member Warns Net Neutrality Is Not Neutral (Past Research on Jenner and Block, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit & the U.S. Supreme Court)

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/02/republican-fcc-member-warns-net.html

Obama Administration Preserves Essential Funding for Women’s Health Programs (Past Research on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)) (Past Research on Melody Barnes & Raben Group)

Thursday, April 17, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/04/obama-administration-preserves.html

Homeless epidemic in America - Orange county California... (Past Research on Robert Raben & Eric Holder)

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2018/01/homeless-epidemic-in-america-orange.html

How Adolf Hitler Prevented 'Subject Races' from Possessing Arms (Past Research on Janet Reno)

Sunday, October 27, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/10/how-adolf-hitler-prevented-subject.html

Smithsonian Admits to Destruction of Thousands of Giant Human Skeletons in Early 1900′s (Past Research on the Smithsonian Institution)

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/12/smithsonian-admits-to-destruction-of.html

This Conspiracy Claims the Smithsonian Destroys Giant Skeletons (Connecting the Dots: Smithsonian Institution, Sidley Austin LLP, Joe Biden, Ruth Padel, Oxford University & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Smithsonian Institution & Mike Pence)

Friday, October 18, 2024

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/10/this-conspiracy-claims-smithsonian.html

‘I Had Nothing to Do With That!’ Obama Dodges Blame For Skyrocketing Premiums (Past Research on Obamacare & Sidley Austin LLP)

Friday, October 21, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/10/i-had-nothing-to-do-with-that-obama.html

Trump Administration Memo Tells USAID to Put "America First" in Reviewing Foreign Aid (Connecting the Dots: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), National Security Council (NSC), Obama, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID))

Sunday, January 26, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/trump-administration-memo-tells-usaid.html