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Judge Denies Stay Request, Lets Ruling Stand Blocking DOGE Efforts to Shut Down Peace Institute
- On May 23, 2025, a federal judge rejected the Trump administration’s request to pause her May 19 decision that restored authority over the U.S. Institute of Peace to its interim president and board members in Washington.
- The stay request sought to pause Howell's decision amid a conflict following a March takeover of the Institute that resulted in the unlawful dismissal of most of its board members; however, the government did not demonstrate a strong chance of prevailing or any identifiable harm.
- In her seven-page decision, Howell emphasized that the Institute operates independently of the executive branch, meaning the president does not have the power to dismiss its board, and she dismissed the government's claim that the organization must be affiliated with a branch of government.
- Former ambassador George Moose, the acting president, reentered the Institute's headquarters on May 21 with outside counsel George Foote, as plaintiffs stressed that delays hinder rehiring employees and restoring the Institute's goodwill and independence.
- The denial of the stay preserves Howell's ruling that all actions following the illegal firing are null and void, enabling the Institute's leadership to resume operations and underscoring limits on executive control over the organization.
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Judge Upholds Block on Trump Admin’s Shutdown of US Institute of Peace
A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration’s bid to pause her earlier ruling that restored control of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) to its acting president and board, blocking further attempts by the administration to dismantle the organization and install new leadership. In a seven-page decision issued on May 23, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ruled that the government had failed to meet any of the four legal requirements for …
Wicked Obama Judge Disregards Supreme Court Ruling in Latest Move After Ruling DOGE Takeover of Institute of Peace is Illegal
On Friday US District Judge Beryl Howell disregarded the Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump’s authority to fire labor board members in her decision to deny a stay of her finding that Trump’s ousting of US Institute for Peace officials (USIP) was unlawful.
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Judge denies stay request, lets ruling stand blocking DOGE efforts to shut down peace institute
A federal judge has denied the Trump administration’s request that she stay her May 19 ruling that returned control of the U.S.
District Court Declines to Stay Order Reinstating Fired U.S. Institute of Peace Board Members, Holds Trump v. Wilcox Doesn't Apply
From today's order by Judge Beryl Howell (D.D.C.) in U.S. Institute for Peace v. Jackson: [On Monday, t]his Court declared that President Trump's termination of USIP Board members violated the statutory removal protections in 22 U.S.C. § 4605(f), and because those protections posed no constitutional problem, the terminations were null and void. This Court also declared null and void actions taken as a result of those improper removals, including…
Judge Denies Trump Administration’s Request to Halt Ruling on US Institute of Peace Takeover
A federal judge on Friday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to stay a ruling that invalidated its attempt to seize control of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), affirming the organisation’s independence from executive authority, The Associated Press reported. According to the report, U.S. District Court Judge Beryl A. Howell issued a seven-page ruling denying the government’s request for a stay of her May 19 decision that restored authori…
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