The US Supreme Court rejected the application of Donald Trump's administration to annul the lower court order to pay money due to groups providing health assistance as part of the programs of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Supreme Court, dominated by the nominees of republican presidents, first spoke in court battles regarding the ordinances of Donald Trump.
The decision issued on Wednesday refers to an order for payment of overdue $ 2 billion issued by the Washington Court in Washington for organizations providing assistance as part of the programs of the International Development Agency (USAID) regarding the fight against AIDS and other diseases. The administration wanted a delay of the decision – which originally ordered the payment of funds until February 26 – but the SN rejected her application. The opinions of judges were divided in a ratio of 5-4, because two of the six conservative judges, nominated by republican presidents, joined three liberal judges against the position of government.
Meaning that Supreme Court For the first time he took the floor regarding one of over 100 complaints against the ordinances issued by Trump. This is only part of a wider court battle regarding the legality of suspension by the administration of almost all foreign help. Groups that sued the government accused her of ignored the decision of a lower court about paying the money due for the work already done, and to freeze the suspended help. Government lawyers argued that the court did not give them enough time to implement the decision and that the court did not have the right to issue such an order. A wider court dispute in this case will continue.
Suspension of foreign help
The suspension of foreign aid for 90 days was one of the first decisions made by Trump on the first day of office. Even before this period, the State Department announced that 90 percent of all programs in this area would be canceled. Trump also openly talked about the total liquidation of USAID, although the legality of such a movement without the Congress Act is questioned. Until now, almost all of over 10,000 agency employees have been released or sent on a forced vacation.
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The suspension of foreign help by administration is associated with great controversies. The applicant government of the group claimed that the lack of payment contributed to delays in the distribution of drugs at AIDS and food supply for areas covered by extreme poverty and malnutrition. On Sunday, a high-ranking USID official was sent for a forced vacation after published an internal memorandum saying that administration decisions on suspending help in the form of drugs on AIDS, agents against malaria or polio vaccination programs may contribute to the death of 2-3 million people due to possible diseases.
As reported by the Reuters agency, on Wednesday against the cuts of foreign aid were in the letter of 700 anonymous employees of the State Department and USAID, claiming that they undermine the US position for the benefit of China and will lead to destabilization and expose the lives of millions of people. “Foreign help is not a charity.
On Wednesday, activists of humanitarian organizations protested in the congress under the room in which he testified for suspending the help of the Department of State Department Peter Marocco.
The department of US Diplomacy and the informal boss of the Doge billionaire team responsible for cutting expenses Elon Musk They have repeatedly assured that from freezing foreign assistance, life -saving help was taken out, including programs for stopping Ebola virus or distribution of HIV drugs under Pepfar. However, some of the organizations working on the spot claim that this is not true.
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