And an appeal will be filed with the First Circuit court, which will uphold the original ruling. And then an appeal will be filed with the Supreme Court, which will conclude in a 6-3 decision that actually the federal government is totally allowed to withhold funding for any reason the president wants because of a precedent set by a 1600’s tax policy in the UK.
I know youre being funny, but 1600s English tax law is actually quite an interesting subject.
Charles I spent most of his time trying to raise money to do navy war things, but couldn’t because only Parlemont could pass taxes, so he did a one weird trick thing and made costal towns pay or build ships since costal towns benefit from having ships to defend them. This was called Ship Money.
Problem was, England was at peace and didn’t need those ships. This not legally a tax “tax” was one of the several abuses of power that led to the English Civil War and the beheading of Charles I…
In technical terms this is called an oopsie doopsie.
No, the Supreme Court will issue an unsigned single paragraph decision that says they can withhold funds for now and kick the case back to the lower courts to reconsider. They’ll give Trump and pals what they want without needing to actually justify the decision, and without setting a clear precedent that the next administration can use against them.