Appeals Court turns Down Trump administration’s try to resume spending freeze

Elon Musk maybe inviting Trump to his Oval Office….

But the Federal judges so far ain’t going along with the tow’s efforts….

Slowly…

But Steadily?

The Judges are clipping the power of these two…..

Others may think these two ARE KINGS….

But NOT the judges and the Courts….

Hopefully they’ll KEEP clipping these guys wings….

 

President Donald Trump’s blanket freeze of federal spending hit another stumbling block Tuesday when a federal appeals court refused an emergency bid by his administration to lift the restrictions.

The decision, by a three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, unanimously rejected the effort, dealing the administration an initial defeat in the first appellate decision in an executive-power fight during Trump’s second term.

The appeals panel’s decision, for now, leaves the matter to Rhode Island-based U.S. District Judge John McConnell, who last month ordered the Trump administration to lift a sweeping spending freeze on federal programs. On Monday he issued a second sharply-worded order after reviewing claims that officials were defying his initial command.

It’s the latest legal setback for the new administration, which has seen courts across the country block some of Trump’s highly touted priorities, saying the administration appeared to be defying laws and the Constitution in a rush to implement them.

Even though McConnell’s order, known as a “temporary restraining order,” is not typically appealable, Justice Department attorneys raced to the 1st Circuit, urging the appeals court to grant an “administrative stay” that would set aside McConnell’s orders. They argued that his initial order was an egregious overreach, intruding on Trump’s ability to manage federal spending.

The appeals judges assigned to the case — David Barron, Julie Rikelman and Lara Montecalvo — cited “well-recognized uncertainty” about whether the kind of stay DOJ sought is legally available at this juncture and said they were not persuaded it was justified….

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