A sharply divided Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the Trump administration must comply with a district court order and pay out nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance funds to nonprofit aid groups for work already completed on the government’s behalf.

The court ruled 5-4 with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett siding with the liberal justices.

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      17 hours ago

      I have been watching this case for a little while and it looks like the most likely one to show how much power the judicial branch has under this administration.

      I would wager the answer is “none”, but we won’t know for sure until it happens.

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      12 hours ago

      Well with that entire department fired or laid off there’s no one to get funds where they are needed.