The Trump Administration has until Friday to restore a public database tracking the expenditure of appropriated funds. On Saturday, in CREW v. OMB, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected the Administration's request for a stay pending appeal of a district court injunction ordering the database's restoration, but said the administration has until August 15 to comply.
Judge Karen Henderson issued a statement respecting the denial of the stay pending appeal, which Judge Wilkins joined. (Judge Garcia apparently joined in the order, but not Judge Henderson's opinion.) The opinion is a powerful rebuke of the Trump Administration's attempt to supplant legislative control over federal spending.
Judge Henderson's statement begins:
