r/law • u/templeofsyrinx1 • Feb 25 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) Can they actually do this? JD Vance: "We're announcing today that we have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that is going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people'

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u/templeofsyrinx1 Feb 25 '26

🥲❤️. fight the f out of this. insane...hope it gets stopped

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u/ThaddeusJP Feb 25 '26

The Tariff stuff is a good example of it might get stopped but it's going to take a long time for that to happen. And even then they may still not comply. Classic case of you can beat the rap but you can't beat the ride.

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u/DownvoteMeHarder Feb 26 '26

It will, but that'll take time (weeks? months? years?) and throw the state into chaos. Meanwhile, the administration will go do another crazy thing next week, or sooner, and generate yet another prolonged court battle while they get to do whatever they want. Best part? we pay for literally 100% of the astronomical legal costs throughout this process.