President Donald Trump won a major legal victory Wednesday in his effort to block spending approved by Congress when a three-judge panel threw out lawsuits filed by groups that wanted their funding restored.
By a 2-1 vote, the panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, cited by groups that wanted their funds, only the Government Accountability Office could sue the President for withholding foreign aid money, according to The New York Times.
Judge Karen Henderson, who was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, as well as Judge Gregory Katsas, who was appointed by Trump, ruled in the president’s favor, according to ABC.
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Judge Florence Pan, who was appointed by former
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