The judge blocks the frost of Trump’s financing, saying that the White House was put “ above the ” ‘

A federal judge extended an order on Thursday which prevented the Trump administration from freezing billions of funds approved by the Congress at 22 states and in the Columbia district. The judge noted that the administration had exceeded the attempt to prevent agencies from using the money appropriate by the congress.

The decision, which is based on the temporary ordinance of the judge, asking the government to continue to disperse the funds, sets up a broader confrontation between the democratic states on the Trump administration’s efforts to align the expenses with the president’s agenda.

In an opinion, transmitted Thursday morning, judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the Federal District Court of the Rhode Island district, said that the case was equivalent to an executive year.

“Here, the executive got above the congress,” he wrote. “He imposed a categorical mandate on the expenses of the appropriate funds and obliged by the congress without regard to the authority of the Congress to control the expenses.”

A memo from the White House budget office required a break on billions of subsidies until the administration could determine that the funding corresponded to the priorities of Mr. Trump, triggering days of confusion and alarm. A coalition of the United States Attorney General continued quickly. In their challenge, they highlighted specific examples of the way in which critical funding from the agency such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Environmental Protection Agency could leave states blocked in an emergency, unable to provide vital services such as drinking water.

Judge McConnell, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, said that the budget office directive “fundamentally undermines the distinct constitutional roles of each branch of our government” and that without its action, “the funding whose states are due and due creates an indefinite limbo.”