Summary
A senior FEMA official froze grant funding despite a federal judge’s order to resume payments.
Stacey Street, FEMA’s Grant Administration director, emailed subordinates to freeze awards in an urgent email just after the judge’s order.
The freeze affected programs for emergency preparedness, homeland security, firefighting, church security, and tribal safety.
Trump called for FEMA’s termination, criticizing its aid distribution. The White House defended Trump’s executive authority, rejecting court injunctions as politically motivated.
Preemptive pardons have been upheld, if by “preemptive” you mean “pardoning charges have not yet been brought for an act that has occurred in the past.” If you mean pardons for future acts, that’s a whole different kettle of fish, and even the bought-and-paid-for Supreme Court might not buy that line of bullshit.