XPost: law.court.federal, alt.politics.trump, talk.politics.guns   
   XPost: sac.politics, alt.fraud   
   From: leroysoetoro@americans-first.com   
      
   https://apnews.com/article/justice-grants-funding-cuts-law-enforcement-   
   victims-327796a0357136f244475603dc48f854   
      
   WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has allowed the Trump administration to   
   rescind nearly $800 million dollars in grants for programs supporting   
   violence reduction and crime victims.   
      
   U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington on Monday denied a   
   preliminary injunction sought by five organizations on behalf of all   
   recipients of the more than 360 grant awards, and granted a motion by the   
   federal government to dismiss the case. Mehta called the Department of   
   Justice’s actions “shameful,” but said the court lacked jurisdiction and   
   the organizations had failed to state a constitutional violation or   
   protection.   
      
   “Defendants’ rescinding of these awards is shameful. It is likely to harm   
   communities and individuals vulnerable to crime and violence,” Mehta wrote   
   in his ruling. “But displeasure and sympathy are not enough in a court of   
   law.”   
      
   The Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs cancelled the grants   
   worth more than $800 million in April, saying it had changed its   
   priorities to, among other things, more directly support certain law   
   enforcement operations, combat violent crime and support American victims   
   of trafficking and sexual assault.   
      
   A message left seeking comment from Democracy Forward officials was not   
   immediately returned. A Department of Justice spokesperson declined to   
   comment on the ruling.   
      
   The lawsuit filed by the Democracy Forward Foundation and the Perry Law   
   firm argued that the grant terminations did not allow due process to the   
   organizations and lacked sufficient clarity. The lawyers also said the   
   move violated the constitutional separation of powers clause that gives   
   Congress appropriation powers.   
      
      
   Many of the organizations that lost the federal money said the unexpected   
   cancellations mid-stream had meant layoffs, program closures and loss of   
   community partnerships.   
      
   The five organizations named as plaintiffs sought class status to   
   represent all affected grant recipients. Attorneys General from at least   
   18 states and the District of Columbia had filed amicus briefs in support   
   of the action, as well as local governments and prosecuting attorneys-   
   several of whom had lost grants for victims programs, alternatives to   
   prosecution programs or others.   
      
   The Justice Department asked Mehta to dismiss the suit, arguing in a court   
   filing that there was “no legal basis for the Court to order DOJ to   
   restore lawfully terminated grants and keep paying for programs that the   
   Executive Branch views as inconsistent with the interests of the United   
   States.”   
      
   Noting that it intended to redirect the grant funds, it called the suit a   
   “run-of-the mill contract dispute” and said it belonged in a different   
   court.   
      
      
   --   
   November 5, 2024 - Congratulations President Donald Trump.  We look   
   forward to America being great again.   
      
   We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that   
   stupid people won't be offended.   
      
   Every day is an IQ test. Some pass, some, not so much.   
      
   Thank you for cleaning up the disasters of the 2008-2017, 2020-2024 Obama   
   / Biden / Harris fiascos, President Trump.   
      
   Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the   
   The World According To Garp.  Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood   
   queer liberal democrat donors.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)