Posted on 08/21/2025 4:10:36 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Summary
The U.S. Supreme Court let President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday proceed with sweeping cuts to National Institutes of Health grants for research related to racial minorities or LGBT people, part of his crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and transgender identity.
The justices, in a 5-4 decision, granted the Justice Department's request to lift Boston-based U.S. District Judge William Young's decision in June that the grant terminations violated federal law, while a legal challenge brought by researchers and 16 U.S. states plays out in a lower court.
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In a brief order, the majority suggested the challenge to the terminations should have been brought in a different judicial body, the Washington-based Court of Federal Claims, which specializes in money damages claims against the U.S. government. Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court's three liberal justices dissenting from the decision.
The justices, however, also by a 5-4 majority, declined the administration's request to immediately pause Young's broader ruling that declared the agency's internal guidance explaining the rejection of funding for DEI and gender identity research as unlawful.
The NIH is the world's largest funder of biomedical research. The cuts are part of Trump's wide-ranging actions to reshape the U.S. government, slash federal spending and end government support for programs aimed at promoting diversity or "gender ideology" that the administration opposes.
The administration said Young's ruling required the NIH to continue paying $783 million in grants that run counter to its priorities.
The administration repeatedly has sought the Supreme Court's intervention to allow implementation of Trump...
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“Let”? “Let?!”
How about CONFIRMED that the President is the Executive with the discretion of allocating resources within the law, which he has?
They think they are funny with that language. At some point it is going to get those pussies in congress to act.
Frankly, we do need more objective LGBTQ+ research to understand the damage it does.
My, my, aren't you the optimist! :-)
Something Roto Reuters would never say but is true "that a vast majority of legal American citizens opposes"
THE LAW allows or lets...NOT The robes of The Supreme Court.
25% of all NIH grants were for idiotic DIE “unfair health outcome” studies/papers! That is simply insane. Burn the entire place down. Start over.
25% of all NIH grants were for idiotic DIE “unfair health outcome” studies/papers! That is simply insane. Burn the entire place down. Start over.
Do you really have faith?
I have intense, well-founded skepticism. That way when something good happens, that should have happened, I can be pleased.
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