Oops—Now Supreme Court Running Out of Funding As Schumer Shutdown Drags On – RedState
We are now at 18th day of Schumer’s shutdown, and the effects are starting to become more pronounced. President Trump used the opportunity to go after Democrats and gut some of their favorite toys — including suspending $11 billion in infrastructure projects in a dozen majority-Democratic states and more — efforts that lower courts will almost certainly try to obstruct.
However, these courts themselves will soon begin to feel the pain.
All the Democrats have to do is vote for the clean Continuing Resolution to keep the government in place, but they have stood their ground and demand that the Republican simply bow to them and the outrageous health care demands and extend the Obamacare subsidies. It’s almost as if they were completely unaware that there was an election last November and that they lost.
Now it’s SCOTUS’ turn to face reality:
The federal government shutdown on Monday will begin to affect the operation of the federal court system, including the Supreme Court, which will close its doors to the public at a time when the judiciary faces a mounting legal challenge to Trump administration policies.
The Supreme Court will continue to hold oral arguments, process cases and issue opinions and orders, a court spokeswoman said in a statement Friday. But the building will only be open for official business, meaning visitors will not be able to tour the building and its exhibits.
Ok, so no touring, I think we’ll survive. But operations will nevertheless be affected, and many files could be delayed at all levels. The Office of US Courts said in a statement:
The Judiciary announced that as of Monday, October 20, it will no longer have the funds necessary to maintain fully paid operations. Until the government funding shortfall is resolved, the federal courts will maintain the limited operations necessary to carry out the constitutional functions of the judicial branch.
Federal judges will continue to exercise their functions, in accordance with the Constitution, but court personnel will only be able to perform certain excluded activities authorized by the anti-deficiency law.
The judiciary will begin its limited operations on October 20 after exhausting available funds. The federal courts will continue to perform essential Article III functions until the government funding shortfall is resolved. https://t.co/VE7tI9ywJE
– United States Courts (@uscourts) October 17, 2025
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Many people will work for free, the statement said, while others will be sent home.
Excluded work includes activities necessary to carry out constitutional functions for the safety of human life and protection of property, the release said. This work and all other excluded work must be performed without pay, and staff members not performing excluded work will be made unemployed, the statement continued.
It will be interesting to see whether public statements backfire more strongly against Democrats as the consequences of their anger become more pronounced. The work of the courts will continue, of course, but the more time passes, the more their functioning will be affected.
However, I wouldn’t mind at all if some of these anti-Trump district judges who want to obstruct the Trump agenda at every turn with their endless TROs were sent home for a while.
No one will miss them.
Editor’s note: The Schumer ruling is here. Rather than putting the American people first, Chuck Schumer and radical Democrats forced a government shutdown on health care for illegal immigrants. They own that.
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