{"id":348,"date":"2025-02-10T22:53:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T22:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/02\/10\/judge-rules-that-trump-administration-defied-order-to-unfreeze-billions-in-federal-grants-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T22:53:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T22:53:46","slug":"judge-rules-that-trump-administration-defied-order-to-unfreeze-billions-in-federal-grants-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/02\/10\/judge-rules-that-trump-administration-defied-order-to-unfreeze-billions-in-federal-grants-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Rules That Trump Administration Defied Order to Unfreeze Billions in Federal Grants &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"site-content\">\n<article id=\"story\">\n<div id=\"top-wrapper\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/#after-top\">SKIP ADVERTISEMENT<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p>You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"headline\">Judge Rules the White House Failed to Comply With Court Order<\/h2>\n<p>The federal judge in Rhode Island said the Trump administration had failed to comply with his order unfreezing billions of dollars in federal grants.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageContainer-children-Image\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\" ><source media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\" ><source media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A person walks in front of the White House.\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/10\/multimedia\/10nat-freeze-order-gzcp\/10nat-freeze-order-gzcp-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&#038;auto=webp&#038;disable=upscale\"   decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-ImageCaption\"><span>The White House has engaged in a flurry of executive orders that have been challenged in court.<\/span><span><span>Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><time datetime=\"2025-02-10T16:30:14-05:00\"><span>Feb. 10, 2025<\/span><span>Updated <span>4:30 p.m. ET<\/span><\/span><\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section name=\"articleBody\">\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<p>A federal judge on Monday said the White House has defied his order to release billions of dollars in federal grants, marking the first time a judge has expressly declared that the Trump White House was disobeying a judicial mandate.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.rid.58912\/gov.uscourts.rid.58912.96.0_5.pdf\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ruling by Judge John J. McConnell Jr.<\/a> in Rhode Island federal court ordered Trump administration officials to comply with what he called \u201cthe plain text\u201d of an edict he issued on Jan. 29.<\/p>\n<p>That order, he wrote, was \u201cclear and unambiguous, and there are no impediments to the Defendants\u2019 compliance with\u201d it. <\/p>\n<p>Judge McConnell\u2019s ruling marked a step toward what could quickly evolve into a high-stakes showdown between the executive and judicial branches, a day after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/09\/us\/politics\/vance-trump-federal-courts-executive-order.html\" title>social media<\/a> post by Vice President JD Vance claimed that \u201cjudges aren\u2019t allowed to control the executive\u2019s legitimate power,\u201d elevating the chance that the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/10\/us\/politics\/trump-constitutional-crisis.html\" title>could provoke a constitutional crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very rare for a president not to comply with an order,\u201d said Victoria Nourse, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center who served during the Obama and Biden administrations. \u201cThis is part of a pattern where President Trump appears to be asserting authority that he doesn\u2019t have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But for some of President Trump\u2019s allies, it is the judges ruling against Mr. Trump who are out of bounds.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<hr>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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