Is this what the Supreme Court had in mind when instructing Judge Amir Ali to proceed with his TRO ordering payment to USAID groups “with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines”? Two business days?
Ali got the 5-4 reprieve on Wednesday that allowed him to enforce his TRO — a bizarre mechanism to begin with, as Justice Samuel Alito et al pointed out in dissent. The court’s order instructed Ali to “clarify what obligations the Government must fulfill,” and that much he has at least started to do — but has imposed a Monday EOB deadline even without full clarification:
A federal judge is giving the Trump administration until Monday to pay several nonprofit groups and aid organizations that were affected by President Donald Trump’s order to freeze foreign assistance and shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development.
In a ruling…
