Supreme Court Rules That Trump Can Slash $783 Million In DEI Research Funding

Via American Greatness,

The Trump administration is free to eliminate hundreds of millions of dollars worth of research funding on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) following last week’s ruling by the United States Supreme Court.

In a 5-4 vote, the justices lifted an order from a federal court judge in Boston that blocked $783 million in cuts made by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on health research grants that were being used to advance DEI efforts as well as “gender ideology extremism.”

BREAKING: In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court allows Trump to cut $783 million in DEI research funding

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The Supreme Court was split on the 5-4 decision which marks another win for President Trump and clears the way for his administration to move forward with canceling hundreds of grants after U.S. District Judge William Young ordered the health-related grants restored in June.

Chief Justice John Roberts was among the dissenters in the high court’s decision and Justice Amy Coney Barrett voted with conservative majority to let the administration stop the grant funding.

Roberts and Barrett did land on the side of the dissent and allowed to stand a portion of the lower judge’s order that voided a number of NIH policies that targeted DEI programs at the direction of the White House.

The order from Young was handed down in June after grant recipients and 16 Democrat-led states filed lawsuits challenging cuts to programs at their state universities.

The plaintiffs had argued that stopping funding for the grants would disrupt the work of scientists by halting research and ruining data already collected.

Writing for the majority, Justice Neil Gorsuch accused Young of defying the Supreme Court by not abiding by an emergency ruling it issued in April.

In that decision, Gorsuch wrote, “All these interventions should have been unnecessary,” adding, “When this Court issues a decision, it constitutes a precedent that commands respect in lower courts.”

According to Politico, this latest Supreme Court ruling is not the final decision on the legality of the grant terminations but the Trump administration will be able to continue withholding funding while the legal fight plays out.