Divided Supreme Court defeats Trump's USAid payment freeze

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : The justices said the federal judge who ordered the resumption of payments for contracts with the US Agency for International Development (USAid) and the State Department "should clarify what obligations the government must fulfill". It was not clear how quickly money would start flowing. Conservatives John Roberts, the chief justice, and Amy Coney Barrett, a Trump appointee, voted with the three liberals on the nine-member Supreme Court.
32% : "The lower court rightly held that President Trump exceeded his authority when he unilaterally declared he was freezing funding for programs Congress had already authorised, stiffing federal contractors who had already done work."
20% : A divided US Supreme Court handed a legal defeat to Donald Trump on Wednesday, rejecting his bid to freeze some $2 billion in foreign aid payments.

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