By Rebecca Boone
A federal judge temporarily prevented the administration of President Donald Trump from considerably reducing three agencies that finance libraries across the United States, to settle disputes with public sector workers and to support business market programs.
US District Judge John McConnell, Jr. in Rhode Island, said Trump could not unilaterally end the financing and programs of the Museum and Library Services Institute, the Development Agency for Minority Business and Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The three agencies were created by the congress.
Trump’s executive decree of March 14 ordered agencies to reduce as many staff and programs that legally possible was “arbitrary and capricious,” wrote McConnell in the order of Tuesday.
“This does not take into account the fundamental constitutional role of each of the branches of our federal government; In particular, it ignores the inexpressible principles that Congress makes the law and appropriates funds, and the executive implements the law of the congress promulgated and spends the Congress of appropriate funds. “
Twenty -one states continued on the decree, which ordered the agencies to eliminate each program which is not mandated by law and to cut staff members and all other functions to the status of status. States have said that the “shredding” of agencies endangers hundreds of millions of dollars in grants and harms the general public. Threatened programs include a Braille library in Washington, a literacy program in California, and a program supporting the veterans of Rhode Island, according to the trial.
But government lawyers have told the judge that the trial was too wide, in part because some of the states argue that specific subsidies have been dismissed, but that others simply provide future costs or that certain subsidies may not be renewed.
In some cases, the lawyers of the US Ministry of Justice wrote in court documents, the various subsidy recipients have not even asked for payment of subsidies. Disputes concerning personnel complaints, such as employee dismissals or strength reductions, must first be pleaded before other entities before being able to be brought before the Federal Court, wrote the lawyers, suggesting that the states were trying to “jump the line”.
Originally published:
California Daily Newspapers
