The Supreme Court stayed a preliminary injunction in the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition case on September 28 or 29 of last year, allowing a pocket rescission to go forward.

What we found

Contradicts. Multiple sources, including the Supreme Court docket, give the stay date as September 26, 2025, not September 28 or 29 as the claim states.[3][4][5][6]

Supports. The Supreme Court granted the administration's stay application in the AVAC case, letting the government impound roughly $4 billion subject to a pocket rescission.[3][4][5][6]

Context. The earlier September 9 action was only an administrative partial stay by Chief Justice Roberts, not the decision that let the pocket rescission go forward.[1][3]

Context. The pocket rescission concept itself is described in the AP report of August 29, 2025, which reports the first use of the maneuver in nearly 50 years.[2]

Sources

6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 3 not rated

1. 1US Supreme Court pauses judge's order that Trump spend foreign aidreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
2. 2Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid Congress ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
3. 3No. 25A269 - Search - Supreme Court of the United Statessupremecourt.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts, supports, context
4. 4Fact Sheet: The Supreme Court's Decision in AIDS Vaccine ...citizen.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
5. 5AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition v. U.S. Department of Statedemocracy2025.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
6. 6Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports

Where this claim was made

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• The Lawfare Podcast · Oct 8, 2026“I know Judge Lee, in the Aid Vaccine Advocacy Coalition case, actually considered doing this when he issued the preliminary injunction that finally was stayed by the Supreme Court on September 28 or 20 ninth last year, allowing the pocket resignment to effectively go forward”Post →

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