Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
by jcranmer on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @10:11AM
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SCOTUS overturned Biden's loan forgiveness on the basis that the "general delegation of authority and budgeting power" given to him by statute wasn't sufficiently clear to let him do so, and so the Major Questions doctrine kicks in.
And the stuff being paused that's statutorily authorized is USAID--Trump is attempting to unilaterally dismantle an executive agency.
Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
by patagurbon on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @10:04AM
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If Trump was methodically reviewing grants that would be one thing. Essentially shuttering the NSF, NIH, and CDC entirely is completely different
1) The student loans are specifically for provided by a detailed statutory scheme.
2) The grants are being made out under general delegations of authority and budgeting power, and are not “explicitly required by law.”
To my knowledge, Congress has not specifically appropriated hundreds of millions of dollars e.g. to Catholic refugee resettlement charities. Those grants are being made under discretionary agency action. Correct me if I’m wrong.