Overview

• U.S. District Judge Amir Ali issued a preliminary injunction requiring the administration to make the funds available before September 30 unless Congress rescinds them.
• He granted preliminary injunctions and partial summary judgment for nonprofit plaintiffs, finding they have standing because the freeze jeopardized their funding and missions.
• The administration filed a notice of appeal on Thursday after the decision, which Ali acknowledged may require higher-court guidance.
• Ali wrote that the executive has discretion over how to spend the money but not whether to spend it, emphasizing that rescission requires congressional approval under federal law.
• The order covers roughly $11.5 billion, including nearly $4 billion for global health programs and more than $6 billion for HIV/AIDS initiatives, following the administration’s first use in nearly 50 years of a pocket rescission request.