Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives.
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So how does this work in practicality when the administration holds the funds back?
The Trump/Elon administration will file a poop emoji response and request expedited review from the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court will rubber stamp it 6-3 with Thomas filing a concurring opinion that’s a poop emoji.
Don't you mean the court will respond with 💩 ✅ meaning they side with Trump?
We'll be in the era of emoji rulings.
Ha. I think that was in the further reading section of the Wikipedia article. You’re not wrong. I was just providing a this is what happened historically…
The order from U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan came minutes before the funding freeze was scheduled to go into effect. The administrative stay, prompted by a lawsuit brought by nonprofit groups, lasts until Monday afternoon and applies only to existing programs.
We got a week.
Don't we only have a week if the Administration actually obeys the temporary stay?
If I still had my federal academic grant, my University would get paid a lump sum up front at the beginning of February covering their disbursement of my paycheck for the next four months. Most federal grants in my field operate on this lump sum model, and most people earning grant money have that money pass through their institution before it gets to them.
These grants pay for researchers, TAs, student loans, and so many of the little bits and pieces that go into making a university run under the hood.
Extrapolation:
This one week stay, in this particular critical week, will determine whether some universities relying on grants paid out on the February cycle can afford their spring semester this year. If it's honored, then there are several months to prepare. If not... well this is probably the big lump-sum bill that Trump probably is trying to avoid paying. His MAGA cronies probably think that shutting down the university system is funny.
If you know anyone at university in the US, make sure they have a backup plan if this semester blows up.
See Worcester v. Georgia essentially two states attempted to secede and the federal government stepped in (after first defying the court) to save the union. Does not bode well for the union at this point in history.
