Tangerine 2.0 Sees Forceful Resistance -- To His DC Slow Walk -- In The Litigation Surrounding His Dismantling Of USAID...

The American Foreign Service Association is telling USDC Judge Nichols in DC to not to let Trump drag his feet. That is exactly what he is trying here (through Musk's DOGE and OPM).

This litigation is on an expedited calendar precisely because babies are getting sicker -- and dying -- everyday by the thousands, around the globe. . . due to Trump's hasty, ill-considered, capricious decisions. Here is that well-taken, and concise three page argument -- and a bit (now we wait for a decision from the able Judge Nichols):

. . .The same injuries that led Plaintiffs to seek an expedited briefing schedule have not been ameliorated, and indeed, only worsen with time. It is uncontested that Defendants “anticipate[]” that, by July 1 of this year, the Department of State will absorb certain functions of USAID, and by September 2, the remaining functions will be “wound down,” thereby “retir[ing] USAID’s independent operation.” AR_0003–04; AR_0148. That process, Defendants explain, will entail eliminating “substantially all non-statutory positions” at the agency. AR_0004. Consequently, Defendants have notified “USAID personnel globally, across the civil and foreign services. . . of a consolidated agency-wide Reduction-In-Force (‘RIF’) action.” Id. Any personnel who currently remain are expected to participate in the “decommissioning of USAID assets and the wind-down of the Agency’s independent operations.” AR_0006. This process is active and ongoing, and becomes harder to undo with each passing day. Cf. March 3 H’rg Trans., Nat’l Treas. Emps. Union v. Vought, No. 25-cv-381 (D.D.C), p. 29 (fashioning relief to prevent defendants from “chok[ing]” a federal agency “out of existence” before the Court “get[s] to rule on the merits”). . . .

The humanitarian crisis begotten by Defendants’ actions likewise becomes more severe by the day. To take just one example: Because of Defendants’ actions, every day that passes, 1,400 infants are infected by HIV who otherwise would not have been. [See, Jessica Hamzelou, HIV could infect 1,400 infants every day because of US aid disruptions, MIT Technology Review (Mar. 18, 2025)]. . . .

Onward. Resolutely -- onward.

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