Judge Amir Ali
Chief Justice Roberts temporarily stopped Judge Amir Ali’s midnight deadline and halted his order forcing the Trump Admin to pay $2 billion in foreign contracts.
Biden-appointed Judge Amir Ali on Tuesday blasted DOJ lawyers over USAID disbursement and ordered the Trump Administration to pay the foreign contracts by 11:59 pm on Wednesday evening.
UPDATE: Chief Justice John ROBERTS has put a stop to Judge Ali’s midnight deadline, for now give the State Department and USAID a reprieve from his most immediate requirements. https://t.co/c85oL1mVLk pic.twitter.com/DB9zW7ziFs
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 27, 2025
The Trump Administration on Wednesday evening filed an emergency appeal asking the Supreme Court to intervene after a Biden-appointed judge ordered the Admin to pay $2 billion in foreign contracts by midnight tonight.
BREAKING: Looks like the justices will be woken. 1/ https://t.co/vy2inJeXZB pic.twitter.com/d1Recpc5dP
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) February 27, 2025
Trump’s DOJ on Wednesday morning asked the Court to grant an immediate administrative stay of the lower court’s order and a stay pending appeal.
DOJ lawyers blasted the Biden appointed judge for his “intrusive and profoundly erroneous” order.
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