The order (PDF): https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a831_3135.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a831_3135.pdf Crazy to believe this

The order (PDF): https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a831_3135.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a831_3135.pdf Crazy to believe this was 5-4 when it's a straight and plain constitutional duty (and history always rejected attempts for the president to change such budgets). Reading the dissenting opinion: >Does a single district-court judge who likely lacks juris- diction have the unchecked power to compel the Govern- ment of the United States to pay out (and probably lose for- ever) 2 billion taxpayer dollars? The answer to that question should be an emphatic “No,” but a majority of this Court apparently thinks otherwise. I am stunned I know it's naive to think judges try to be non-partisan, but still. This was a pretty damning opening >As a result, the Government must apparently pay the $2 billion posthaste—not because the law requires it, but simply because a District Judge so ordered. No, it's definitely because the law requires it. I'm shocked a judge (let alone a supreme court justice) would speak like this on an official document. And the 3 others would sign off on this. >As the Nation’s highest court, we have a duty to ensure that the power entrusted to federal judges by the Constitution is not abused. But not the president, apparently. This whole first section is barely based on the actual funding. He's just attacking another judge.