This White House has aggressively tried to withhold federal money from programs it dislikes. Those efforts have rightly faced scrutiny in the courts because the Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse.A case out of Massachusetts is different. There, a federal judge has blocked an act of Congress — not an executive order but legislation — steering Medicaid funds away from abortion providers. Allocating public money is Congress’s core competency. Yet U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani not only countermanded Congress’s spending choice in a preliminary injunction, she also refused to stay her ruling pending appeal. This is the kind of lower court activism that gives the Trump administration fodder for its attacks on judges.
Let's not ever forget the real crime is adding credence to Trump's complaints.
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