The Trump administration’s cancellation of more than $100 million in humanities grants to scholars, writers, research groups and other organizations was unconstitutional, and the Department of Government Efficiency had no authority to end the funding, a federal judge in New York ruled on Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan sided with The Authors Guild, several other groups and several people who had their grants canceled and sued DOGE and the National Endowment for the Humanities. McMahon permanently barred the administration from terminating the grants and criticized DOGE’s use of artificial intelligence in nixing the funding.
Government lawyers had argued that the cuts of more than 1,400 grants of congressionally approved funds were legal moves to implement President Donald Trump’s directives, eliminate grants associated with diversion, equity and inclusion and reduce discretionary spending under the administration’s priorities.
The White House and Department of Justice, which defended against the lawsuit, did not immediately return emails seeking comment Thursday evening. It was not immediately clear if an appeal was planned.
…who cares? the damage has been done. How do we as human beings keep playing defense to degenewrate fucks like these?
It’s like standing around listening to a school shooter kill repeatedly and be like “he shouldn’t do that, it’s illegal. I hope he stops doing that.”
Wouldn’t that be absurd?
More like standing around listening to a child rapist rape children repeatedly . . . .
I didn’t have to put the /s
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Did you forget to log into your alt?
alt? i pefer to answer to intelligent folk.
I do not count myself among you due to the status quo
You’ve replied to your own reply to your original comment. And also have a second unrelated comment elsewhere in the thread. You need to learn how to switch accounts if you’re going to fake generate hate.
Dude got busted lol what’s to gain
i purposely answered me. you all missed it.
Idk man, sketchy
totally, wholly sketchy
no shit. you all noticed but not the reply. so clever.
ALL of these headlines with “Judge” in them mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING because NO non-Supreme Court judge’s ruling is binding nationwide anymore (thanks Supreme Court), and the Supreme Court does whatever the hell it wants, so its judgments are the only ones that matter now.
So they now are going get their money?
Kangaroo Court
Calvinball Court
No shit Sherlock! Really!?
So? On many occasions he has proven he doesn’t give a fuck about the constitution, the law or basic decency. And no one can do anything about it.
I am a bit angry
ITT: I Hate people and they prove why.
