President Donald Trump's executive order to indefinitely freeze federal funding is facing immediate legal challenges. Experts say the order has no legal basis and contradicts the Constitution, federal law, and previous court decisions. A federal judge has temporarily blocked the funding pause while legal challenges proceed.
President Donald Trump signs documents as he issues executive order s and pardons for Jan. 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025.Despite all the confusion over the impact of his sudden move Tuesday, the Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear, experts tell ABC News: President Donald Trump 's
President Donald Trump looks on as reporters ask questions aboard Air Force One during a flight from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Miami, Florida, Jan. 25, 2025.A federal judge agreed Tuesday and temporarily blocked the funding pause from taking effect until next week. Dorf said the controversy over the move led Congress in 1974 to pass the Impoundment Control Act that closed some loopholes and made it harder for a president to try to stop spending money lawmakers allocated.
Vladeck said the broad and vague conditions used to "shut off the entire tap," violate those precedents and legal language set by the courts. "During the first Trump administration they botched a bunch of things if they got better lawyers, such adding citizenship question to the census or ending DACA, Dorf said. "It may be that lawyers may not have been consulted and whoever in the budget office decided to say, 'Do what you can and see what you can get away with.'"
Vladeck said he wouldn't be surprised if the order went to the Supreme Court and was confident that the court would overrule the president.ruled 7-2
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