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)
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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)
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.
Connecting
the Dots:
Amir Ali (judge) is a Canadian-American lawyer and academic
who is serving as a United States district judge of
the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia and was appointed by
Joe Biden.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. appointed
Judge Amir Ali, was the president for the Joe Biden
Administration, spent Thanksgiving with David Rubenstein, is the president for the Joe Biden Administration and
is 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.
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.
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.
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).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
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).
Shirley Ann
Jackson is a regent at the Smithsonian Institution and a
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Smithsonian
Institution, the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Center for
American Progress.
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for
the Center for American Progress and is the founder & chairman
for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder
for Center for American Progress.
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.
Janet Reno was
the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for
the William J. Clinton administration 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.
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.
Faith Elizabeth
Gay is a board of adviser’s member for the American
Constitution Society and was an attorney at Sidley Austin LLP.
Paul M. Smith is
a director at the American Constitution Society and a partner
at Jenner & Block.
Amir Ali (judge) practiced at the
law firm Jenner & Block.
Robert S. Osborne was
a senior partner at Jenner & Block and is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for
the Barack Obama administration and her great uncle is Vernon E.
Jordan Jr.
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago and counsel
at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a senior counsel
at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer 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).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID), the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Smithsonian Institution.
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).
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.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. appointed
Judge Amir Ali, was the president for the Joe Biden
Administration, spent Thanksgiving with David Rubenstein, is the
president for the Joe Biden Administration and is 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.
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.
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.
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.
Valerie B. Jarrett is
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. great niece, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago and was the senior adviser for the Barack Obama Administration.
Robert S. Osborne is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and was a senior partner
at Jenner & Block.
Amir Ali (judge) practiced
at the law firm Jenner & Block.
Paul M. Smith is
a partner at Jenner & Block and a director at 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.
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.
John G. Roberts
Jr. was a justice for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit, is the chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, an
honorary member of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA)
and the chancellor for the Smithsonian Institution.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. appointed
Judge Amir Ali, was the president for the Joe Biden
Administration, spent Thanksgiving with David Rubenstein, is the
president for the Joe Biden Administration and is 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.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Smithsonian
Institution, the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID).
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.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Smithsonian
Institution, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
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.
Cameron F. Kerry is
a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), John F.
Kerry’s brother and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP and Obamacare is his
signature policy initiative.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Vernon E.
Jordan Jr. great niece and was the senior adviser for the Barack
Obama Administration.
Robert S. Osborne is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and was a senior partner
at Jenner & Block.
Amir Ali (judge) practiced
at the law firm Jenner & Block.
Paul M. Smith is
a partner at Jenner & Block and a director at 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.
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.
John G. Roberts
Jr. was a justice for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit, is the chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, an
honorary member of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA)
and the chancellor for the Smithsonian Institution.
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.
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), the Smithsonian Institution and the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
Henry
A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank), the secretary for the U.S. Department of State and
a member of the Bohemian Club.
Belizean_Grove is
the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.
Henrietta
Holsman Fore is a member of the Belizean Grove, a trustee
at the Aspen Institute (think tank), was the director of U.S.
foreign assistance for the U.S. Department of State and an
administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
David M.
Rubenstein was a benefactor at the Aspen Institute (think
tank), is the co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think
tank), Joe Biden spent Thanksgiving with him, a regent at
the Smithsonian Institution and the president of the Economic
Club of Washington.
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).
John G. Roberts
Jr. is an honorary member of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club
(Gainesville, VA), the chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court,
the chancellor for the Smithsonian Institution and was a justice
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.
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).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Committee
for Economic Development, the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID), the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
the Smithsonian Institution.
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
