The Trump administration suffered a legal setback after the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected its request to keep nearly $2 billion in foreign aid frozen. The ruling was 5-4, with conservative justices John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett joining the liberal justices.
In 5-4 ruling, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett joining liberal wing in dissent, the high court says EPA has the responsibility to provide details for wastewater plant discharge permits.
She was the only member of the court appointed by the president to vote against his emergency request to freeze foreign aid.
Four sitting members of the U.S. Supreme Court are in attendance for Trump's address tonight: Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy is also present.
But he does not enjoy it, once calling it “a political pep rally.” He was there again on Tuesday, accompanied by Justices Brett M. Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, both appointed by President Trump; Justice Elena Kagan,
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, along with Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Elana Kagan, Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, reinstated a lower
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with all Democratic appointees in telling the executive to pay those firms which