You have commented 361 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Home Front: Politix
D.C. Circuit Court: Trump Always Had The Authority To Slash USAID's Tax Dollar Waste
2025-08-14
[Federalist] President Donald Trump had the presidential and legal authority to terminate billions of taxpayer dollars to the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) and its countless overseas pet projects, the Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed this week.
About time someone figured that out over there. It’ll still go to the US Supreme Court, I suspect.
Ever since Trump issued his day-one executive order effectively freezing USAID’s wasting of Americans’ hard-earned dollars, judges have encroached on his presidential authority by hampering his power to impound, or "decline to spend the full amount of an appropriated fund."

In its 2-1 ruling published on Wednesday, the D.C. Circuit Court not only reversed those attempts, but also paved the way to limit the number of lawsuits and subsequent injunctions designed to keep Trump from doing his job by curbing American subsidization of covert programs like Iraqi "Sesame Street," LGBT initiatives abroad, and even meals for terrorists.

Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, joined by Judge Gregory Katsas, noted that a band of USAID beneficiaries sued to stop the cessation of their federal funding and keep their secret slush funds. Yet she concluded the district court "erred in granting that relief because the grantees lack a cause of action to press their claims."
Related:
USAID: 2025-08-10 Huckabee demands ‘accountability’ from UN after research paper finds aid diversion common problem across conflict zones
USAID: 2025-08-06 Some good news at last: In Big Tech there is a climate of fear among those working with diversity and inclusion
USAID: 2025-08-05 Lawyers seeking Palestinian American businessman accused of aiding Hamas cannot find him
Posted by:Besoeker

#2  "Who are these people and what have you done with the DC Circuit?"
Posted by: Matt   2025-08-14 13:52  

#1  .....terminate billions of taxpayer dollars to the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) and its countless overseas pet projects

Money laundering at the industrial strength level. "Pet Projects" aka Regime Change funding disguised as humanitarian aid. Care to guess the originators of the "Projects?"

Posted by: Besoeker   2025-08-14 02:16  

00:00