Source: The UnPopulist
by Kim Wehle
“Last week, two conservatives joined their liberal colleagues to reject the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid. But the fact that four conservative justices still thought that a president could simply refuse to spend congressionally appropriated and authorized funding without running afoul of the Constitution suggests that we can’t count on the doctrine of originalism to thwart this administration’s unconstitutional designs. In his angry dissenting opinion, Justice Samuel Alito claimed to be ‘stunned’ that the majority would require the government to make good on its contractual obligations. … given the right-wing majority’s pro-Trump track record in Trump-related litigation, it is reasonable to expect more wins for the president on the horizon. Not only has it shown a willingness to revise the doctrine of originalism but also to blithely ignore it when it suits the majority’s purposes.” (03/19/25)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/a-supreme-court-truly-devoted-to