The federal judge overseeing the lawsuit seeking to save USAID from the DOGE buzzsaw made an interesting dodge in his decision yesterday imposing a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration. Federal District Court Judge Amir H. Ali, a Biden judge so left-wing that he was confirmed only by a 50-49 vote, did the bidding of the plaintiffs and ordered funding to be resumed on USAID contracts that were in force on the last day Biden was president. After ordering funding to resume, he adds this:
It is further hereby ORDERED that nothing in this order shall prohibit the Restrained Defendants from enforcing the terms of contracts or grants.
What this means is that if the grant has a “cancellation for the convenience of the government” clause, USAID’s new management can go ahead and cancel the grant once they’ve informed the court what they are…
