US EditionSupreme Court OKs Trump's Cuts to Research Funding
The Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling permits cancellation of $783 million in NIH grants targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion, overturning lower courts and impacting scientific research funding.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court set aside a lower court order, allowing the Trump administration to cancel hundreds of millions in National Institutes of Health diversity, equity, and inclusion grants in a 5 decision split.
- In July, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene, arguing lower courts lacked jurisdiction over terminated grants, and on Aug. 7, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reforming grant reviews and directing political appointees to approve or terminate discretionary grants.
- The litigation centers on $783 million in NIH grants cut earlier this year, with U.S. District Judge William Young ruling the cancellations were arbitrary and discriminatory, while Justice Amy Coney Barrett helped keep the anti-DEI directive blocked for future funding.
- The decision allows the administration to proceed with canceling hundreds of grants while legal challenges continue, and Congress must finalize funding by Sept. 30 after the Senate Appropriations Committee retained all 27 NIH institutes and endorsed a $400 million increase on July 31.
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a lengthy dissent criticizing the Court's intervention, while the American Public Health Association and 16 Democratic state attorneys general warned the cuts harm research and public health.
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