Overview

• The Court granted the administration’s emergency application and stayed a ruling by U.S. District Judge Amir Ali that had ordered the funds released.
• The decision effectively validates use of a rare pocket rescission, a tactic tied to the Impoundment Control Act that withholds money at the fiscal year’s end absent congressional approval.
• The majority emphasized the president’s foreign‑affairs powers and noted that further litigation could proceed and potentially return to the Supreme Court.
• The State Department publicly celebrated the outcome in a posted message praising the ruling as a win for the president’s agenda and for Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
• The order lands days before the Sept. 30 funding deadline, injecting new uncertainty into budget talks and into planning for global health and humanitarian programs that expected the money.