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Washington DC, In a 5-4 decision Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a significant victory, allowing it to cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants linked to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
High Court Overturns Lower Judge’s Block on Grant Cuts
The ruling partially lifted a Boston-based federal judge’s order that had blocked the administration from moving forward with the cuts. According to administration lawyers, the cancellations cover $783 million in NIH grants, including projects on topics such as HIV stigma in Thailand and puberty treatments for transgender adolescents.
The decision is not final, but it signals that the Court’s conservative majority is siding with the administration’s argument that such grant cancellations fall outside the lower court’s jurisdiction.
Conservative Majority Backs Trump Administration
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett supported the administration, accusing the lower court of ignoring the Supreme Court’s previous ruling on education grant cancellations.
Justice Neil Gorsuch delivered a sharp rebuke:
“Lower court judges may sometimes disagree with this Court’s decisions, but they are never free to defy them.”
Meanwhile, Chief Justice John Roberts joined the Court’s three liberal justices in dissent, arguing that the district court acted within its authority. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a 21-page dissent, calling the majority’s approach “Calvinball jurisprudence”—rules rewritten at will to ensure the administration always prevails.
Political and Legal Fallout
This marks the 18th time during Trump’s second term that the Supreme Court has at least partially sided with the administration in emergency cases.
The cuts to NIH funding underscore the administration’s efforts to reshape federal priorities, moving away from DEI-focused research. Critics, including Democratic state attorneys general and health groups, argue the decision threatens scientific independence and public health research.
The case could return to the Supreme Court for a final ruling in the coming months, keeping the future of federally funded diversity research in limbo.
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DEI is bullshit.
Lets reward competence, not color.
If you are a DEI advocate, lets see some Asians and Hasidics in the NBA and NFL
I think we have our post of the day !
BAZINGA!
Who’s next?
NJ public schools are next