The Supreme Court refused to let President Donald Trump freeze billions in foreign aid. In his dissent, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that he was “stunned” that the court would not allow Trump’s order to stand,

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in rejecting the Trump administration's request to cancel the foreign aid money from USAID.

Justice Alito penned a scathing dissent after a majority of the justices refused to let the Trump administration keep billions in foreign aid frozen. The post ‘I am stunned’: Justice Alito slams colleagues’ refusal to let Trump keep billions in foreign aid frozen as rewarding ‘an act of judicial hubris’ first appeared on Law & Crime.

Constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz said Wednesday evening that Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito’s dissent in the Supreme Court’s ruling in a case involving an effort to freeze $2 billion in foreign aid payments is right “on the merits.

Over four dissents, the justices rejected Trump’s request to toss out the trial court order, which affects money owed by the US Agency for International Development and State Department

But, handing a setback to Trump, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold Washington DC District Judge Amir Ali’s order that the Government must pay $1.5bn to foreign assistance groups. Three liberal judges as well as conservatives, John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett, broke ranks with the Government to block Trump’s attempts.

Justice Samuel Alito wrote Wednesday that he is “stunned” by the majority’s failure to call out a lower court’s “judicial