The Supreme Court sided with a district court judge Wednesday who had ruled the Trump administration could not stop $2 billion in U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) payments to intended recipients.
By a 5-4 vote, the court upheld U.S. District of Columbia District Judge Amir Ali’s ruling, though it asked him to clarify his earlier order, given that the deadline for the administration to comply had passed.
The Trump administration had tried to stop the payments.
It appealed the district court’s order for a preliminary injunction, and won a temporary stay, but the Court ultimately decided to strike down the stay.
