A federal judge ruled on Monday that the Trump administration's cancellation of approximately $8 billion in energy grants violated the Constitution by targeting recipients primarily based in Democratic-leaning states.U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta issued a 17-page opinion finding the Department of Energy's (DOE) grant terminations unlawful under the Fifth Amendment's equal protection guarantee. The ruling orders the department to restore seven specific grants worth $27.6 million that were part of a broader cancellation affecting more than 200 projects announced by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought on October 1, 2025, the first day of the government shutdown.[...]Mehta concluded that "all the awardees (but one) were based in states whose majority of citizens casting votes did not support President Donald Trump in the 2024 election." The ruling establishes constitutional boundaries on executive branch actions that discriminate based on state political affiliation.
We all knew that it was political, it stuck out like a sore thumb! And he stopped the wind projects once again claiming "national security"! The affected state projects are; Vineyard Wind 1 (Massachusetts), SouthCoast Wind (Massachusetts), Revolution Wind (Rhode Island/Connecticut), Sunrise Wind (New York), Empire Wind (New York), and Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (Virginia). Trump has blocked the construction ever since January 20th with one excuse after another, like the game Whack-a-Mole with one lawsuit after another,
Why does Donald Trump hate windmills? Well we have to look over in Scotland to his golf course there, and you know everything revolves of golf with Trump!
You see they built windmills offshore of his lovely golf course!
US presidential candidate said planning conditions associated with Aberdeenshire project had not been satisfiedThe GuardianLibby BrooksFri 22 Jul 2016Donald Trump has vowed to continue fighting the windfarm development off the coast from his Aberdeenshire golf course, branding the project an act of “public vandalism”.The US presidential candidate returned to the fray after Swedish energy company Vattenfall confirmed on Thursday that it is going ahead with its £300m investment, despite last month’s EU referendum vote.The offshore windfarm has been dogged by years of bitter legal wrangles between Trump and the Scottish government over its impact on his golf course, which the tycoon ultimately lost in the courts last year.A spokesperson for the Trump Organization insisted that several of planning conditions associated with the project had yet to be fully satisfied. They said that the New York-based billionaire would be lodging formal objections with Marine Scotland, as well as pursuing additional remedies before the European courts if necessary.
He lost the court cases and an refused to pay the legal fees that the court ordered! And that soured him on windmills.
The current U.S. lawsuits aren't just a legal game; they carry a massive financial burden. Companies like Dominion Energy are losing over $5 million per day during these halts. The states are suffering too, as they are forced to pick up the tab for unemployment insurance for thousands of laid-off tradespeople.
But the hardest hit are the workers—the welders, electricians, and sailors who were told their jobs were gone just days before Christmas. For Trump, this appears to be about getting vengeance on an industry that once "ruined his view" in Scotland. For the American worker, it’s a fight for their livelihood.
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