It’s our “man bites dog” story of the day. Fox News noticed,
Washington Post editorial slams Obama judge for blocking ‘fair and square’ GOP defunding of Planned Parenthood.
I didn’t see that one coming. The Washington Post editorial board backed Pres. Trump under the headline,
This is what judicial overreach looks like.
The case is the one John wrote about on Monday where a rogue federal district judge vetoed the decision of Congress to defund Planned Parenthood.
The Post‘s editorial is chock full of unexpected common-sense analysis,
A case out of Massachusetts is different. There, a federal judge has blocked an act of Congress — not an executive order but legislation — steering Medicaid funds away from abortion providers.
A few nuggets from the Post,
- This is the kind of lower court activism that gives the Trump administration fodder for its attacks on judges.
- The budget process is inherently political, and Congress’s tax-and-spending decisions almost always help some groups and hurt others.
- But Congress has no obligation to subsidize any group’s operation.
- But here, the GOP has targeted spending to which it objects in the constitutionally appropriate way: passing a law through Congress, despite narrow majorities.
Will wonders ever cease?
