The standoff over foreign aid has become a mirror for America’s deepest constitutional anxieties. On one side stands Congress, clinging to its clearest power: deciding how tax dollars are spent. On the other stands a presidency testing how far “foreign policy” can stretch as a justification to override those decisions once the money is already spoken for. The human cost of this struggle is not theoretical. Projects stall in unstable regions, local partners lose credibility, and communities that dared to trust U.S. promises watch them dissolve into legal brinkmanship. Roberts’s brief, silent intervention ensures only that nine justices, not one, will decide how this ends. Whatever the ruling, it will echo far beyond a single aid package, setting the boundaries for every future fight over who truly commands America’s resources when law, politics, and raw power collide.
Frozen Billions, Vanishing Time
