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US Supreme Court lets Trump cut diversity-related NIH grants
US Supreme Court lets Trump cut diversity-related NIH grantshttps://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-lets-trump-cut-diversity-related-nih-grants-2025-08-21/
Aug 21 (Reuters) - 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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So a tactical win for Trump, but not over.