Conservative justices ‘stunned’ by Supreme Court’s USAID decision, lambaste majority in scathing dissent

FormerDeputyAssistantAttorneyGeneralJohnYoopredictsa‘momentousbattle’inthecourtsoverPresidentDonaldTrump’spauseonfundingforUSAIDanddiscussestheDOJ’srequesttotheSupremeCourttoallowTrump’sdesiredfirings. FourconservativeSupremeCourtjusticespennedablisteringdissentWednesdayafterthecourtmajorityrejectedtheTrumpadministration’srequesttocontinueatemporaryfreezeonforeignaidpayments.  ​​JusticeSamuelAlitoexcoriatedthehighcourtmajorityforallowingalowercourtjudgetosingle-handedlydeterminethetimelinefortheTrumpadministrationtopaynearly$2millioninpaymentsforpreviouslycompletedforeignaidprojects–anorderhecalled“tooextreme.”  Inascathingeight-pagedissent,Alitocalledthedecisionan“unfortunatemisstep”andonehesaid“rewardsanactofjudicialhubris”bythelowercourtjudge,U.S.DistrictJudgeAmirAli. SCOTUSRULESONNEARLY$2