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Democratic State Attorney General and alliances of non -profit organizations have announced a trial on Tuesday against President Donald Trump’s administration, which temporarily stopped almost all federal aid, in which legal experts The purpose of guidance is in which legal experts argue illegally.
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Key facts
National Council of Non -Papati and other organizations Case filed The Office of Management and Budget and its acting director Matthew Vietnam on Tuesday after issuing guidance on Monday evening, when federal agencies were instructed to start the federal grant and debt, starting at 5pm on Tuesday evening. Stop supplying money.
The Democratic Attorney General in New York, California, New Jersey, Illinois, Massachusetts and Rhod Island again announced that they would file a case on Tuesday with the purpose of this policy and seek a court order to immediately stop it. Gia, New York’s lawyer, Latia James, says the order is “dangerous, careless, illegal and unconstitutional.”
Vietnth said that the funding interval is because agencies can review whether the fund is in accordance with the goals of Trump’s policy, and it is expected to pay for individual aid such as social security and medical payments. In addition, most will affect government funds.
The plaintiffs argued that the directive would have a “devastating impact” on the profits that receive a government grant, which rely on federal funds “to meet their missions, pay for their employees, pay rent, pay rent, And, in fact, improve everyday life.
Unforgettable people say that guidance should be abolished because it violates the administrative procedure act, and discussing that it is a “discretion and a machand”, more than the agency’s authority and the first amendment. Is hypocritical.
Groups argue that non -profit people who support the rights of LGBTQ, such as left -handed causes, can snatch their funds under new guidance because of these views.
The White House has not yet responded to a comment.
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The Trump administration’s memo “also fails to recognize destructive practical results that arises from being frozen crossing the board immediately on federal grant programs, allowing a reasonable explanation to provide these results Why can just be guaranteed for a review, “the reasoning for legalism, deciding to guide” not even acknowledged the clear and immediate loss and disruption of the nation.
What to see?
James said on Tuesday that the Attorney General would file a case at some point in the day, and more cases could still be filed against the ban on funds as the law is enforced.
What effect does the funding break?
It is expected that federal aid will affect the extensive ranks of programs and non -profit people. A Memo Senate Democrats worked publicly through the Ranking Committee’s Ranking Member, Sen Petty Murray, D wash, said the move could affect funds, including small business loans, care of veterans, low income. Includes Nutrition Aid for Americans, Local American tribes for funding, violence against Women Act programs, AI research, food inspection, assistance for military services members, military relevant grants, national suicide hotline, foreign aid , Get rid of destruction, law enforcement programs, infrastructure projects, financing for fighting, medical research, emergency preparation efforts, firefighting, children’s care, K-12 school financing, higher education and social Health centers. Among the unprecedented people behind the legalization of Monday, they say they will be infected with the American Public Health Association. Main Street Alliance, which represents small businesses, and LGBT Q Rights Group Sage.
Is Trump’s financing legal?
Legal experts have criticized the memo to stop all federal aid and argued that it violates federal law. Although the non -profit legislature centers on the administrative procedure act, legal experts point to the 1974 Impound Control Act, especially to prevent president from canceling the costs approved by Congress Has gone Under this policy, Presidents need to go to Congress to approve any federal expenditure, and Stephen Vladik, a professor of George Town University law, Is written Even in the case, in which the memo only temporarily stops the costs, Trump will still have to request permission from the first Congress. It is unclear how the non -profit arguments about the administrative procedures will be rented in court. And Congress allocates all money.
Key background
After the president’s long claiming, the Trump administration has announced its guidance that he has long claims that he will be eligible to cancel the Congress spending decisions, yet he is Congress. Cancel the spending decisions. “I will use the long -term recognizable power of the president to squeeze the federal bureaucracy for a massive savings,” Trump said in a 2023 campaign video. During his first term, the President tried to cancel federal spending several times, especially allegedly tied Ukraine to former President Joe Biden and his family investigating the government – a request that Due to Trump’s first motion. Democrats have raised concerns about the possibility that Trump has tried to eliminate the fund that the Congress has already allocated since taking power, as Trump had signed an executive order on his first day Which stopped funding allocated through the Biden era laws regarding infrastructure and climate change. In his confirmed hearing before the Senate committees, Trump’s Office of Management and Budget Director Russell vote clearly denied that Trump would not violate the Impound Control Act, and in this matter in the Supreme Court. It is expected to go.
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