"Thirteen nonprofits and six municipalities said they filed suit after they were forced to furlough employees and pause programs intended to benefit farmers, communities and public health."
"A federal judge said Monday he would order the Trump administration to restore $176 million granted by Congress to 13 nonprofit groups and six municipalities nationwide.
The decision by Judge Richard Gergel, a U.S. District Court judge for the District of South Carolina, represents one of the first final judgments in a case challenging the Trump administration, as it has fired employees, frozen funding and dismantled agencies, according to the Southern Environmental Law Center. The organization, along with the Public Rights Project, filed the case on behalf of the nonprofits and municipalities from Baltimore to San Diego. The affected groups received funding for climate and environmental work through the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act during the Biden administration, as well as through separate federal programs.
“This is a huge victory for us today,” said Kym Meyer, litigation director at the Southern Environmental Law Center and lead attorney on the case. She said the order would set an important precedent and characterized the decision as “a ruling that reaffirms that the executive branch doesn’t have the authority to disregard Congress.”"
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