Blue States Crush Trump's Agenda In Big Court Win

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Blue States Crush Trump's Agenda In Big Court Win

By Jason Easley

https://www.politicususa.com/p/blue-states-crush-trumps-agenda-in?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&utm_medium=email&r=3aksq&triedRedirect=true

In a court ruling that won’t get splashed across cable news or generate front-page headlines but is vital to limiting Trump’s power, a federal judge rejected the Trump administration’s claim that the Executive Branch has the power to cancel congressionally appropriated grants.

A coalition of 20 states New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin, three governors, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Governor Laura Kelly of Kansas, and Governor Andy Beshear of Kentucky, and the District of Columbia sued the Office of Management and Budget after they unilaterally canceled federal grants to the states.

This case concerned the Spending Clause, more commonly known as the congressional power of the purse, and the Termination Clause, which allows the Executive Branch to cancel federal grants if recipients have not complied with the grant's conditions.

The Trump administration claimed that the Termination Clause gave it the power to override the Spending Clause and cancel congressionally appropriated grants.