In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s ruling ordering the Trump Reich to pay out $2 billion in USAID contracts abruptly canceled during the DOGE circlejerk.

“On February 13, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a temporary restraining order enjoining the Government from enforcing directives pausing disbursements of foreign development assistance funds. The present application does not challenge the Government’s obligation to follow that order. On February 25, the District Court ordered the Government to issue payments for a portion of the paused disbursements – those owed for work already completed before the issuance of the District Court’s temporary restraining order—by 11:59 pm on February 26. Several hours before that deadline, the Government filed this application to vacate the District Court’s February 25 order and requested an immediate administrative stay.”

“THE CHIEF JUSTICE entered an administrative stay shortly before the 11:59 pm deadline and subsequently referred the application to the Court. The application is denied. Given that the deadline in the challenged order has now passed, and in light of the ongoing preliminary injunction proceedings, the District Court should clarify what obligations the Government must fulfill to ensure compliance with the temporary restraining order, with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines. The order heretofore entered by THE CHIEF JUSTICE is vacated,” wrote the majority of Roberts, Barrett, and the Dem appointees in the decision.

So yeah, let’s see what happens if/when the regime ignores this ruling and doesn’t pay out.