The judge had ruled that the administration was not complying with his previous order requiring the government to keep disbursing money to states.

The ruling found the move to cut off appropriated funds to state governments “fundamentally undermines” democracy.

A federal judge in Rhode Island barred the Trump administration from freezing federal assistance, extending the block he put in place weeks ago in a case brought by a group of 23 states and the District of Columbia while the case moves forward.