The Supreme Court issued a preliminary ruling allowing the administration’s pocket rescissions to proceed, finding that the foreign assistance organizations challenging the practice did not have standing to sue. The unsigned ruling explicitly stated it ‘should not be read as a final determination on the merits,’ leaving unresolved the underlying constitutional and statutory questions about the legality of pocket rescissions. The ruling further shielded the administration’s impoundment tactics from immediate judicial reversal while the merits remained contested.
Supreme Court Allows Pocket Rescissions to Proceed