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On Tuesday, Chief Justice John Roberts rewarded the Trump administration’s lawless revocation of $4 billion in foreign aid by freezing a lower court order that had required the government to distribute the money. Roberts’ intervention is an ominous indication that the full court may soon greenlight the president’s “pocket rescission” of funds expressly appropriated by Congress. This decision would hand Donald Trump a sweeping spending power that the Constitution does not assign to him while hobbling democratic, environmental, and humanitarian projects abroad. As Congress enters a fight over government funding, Democrats should keep a close eye on the Supreme Co

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