{"id":2434722,"date":"2025-05-14T16:45:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-doj-from-canceling-grants-to-american-bar-association-for-suing-trump-administration\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T16:46:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:46:50","slug":"judge-blocks-doj-from-canceling-grants-to-american-bar-association-for-suing-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-doj-from-canceling-grants-to-american-bar-association-for-suing-trump-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge blocks DOJ from canceling grants to American Bar Association for suing Trump administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-blocks-doj-from-canceling-grants-to-american-bar-association-for-suing-trump-administration%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2434722&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >temporarily halted teh department<\/a> of justice&#8217;s (DOJ) decision to cancel grants to the American Bar Association (ABA) after the ABA sued the DOJ, contending that the termination of the grants was retaliatory. The judge, Christopher Cooper, ruled that the DOJ&#8217;s actions violated the ABA&#8217;s First Amendment rights by punishing the institution for participating in legal actions against the Trump administration. The ABA alleged that the DOJ&#8217;s withdrawal of approximately $3 million in funding was in direct response to its criticism of the administration&#8217;s policies, thereby impeding its ability to engage in activities related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/geraldo-rivera-call-virus-vaccine-the-trump-to-credit-him\/\" title=\"Geraldo Rivera: Call Virus Vaccine \u2018The Trump\u2019 to Credit Him\">civil litigation<\/a>, LGBT legal training, and violence against women. The judge&#8217;s preliminary injunction allows the grants to continue while the case is ongoing, emphasizing that the injury to the ABA&#8217;s First Amendment rights is serious and ongoing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Judge blocks DOJ from canceling grants to American Bar Association for suing Trump administration<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2120610\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-accuse-biden-of-playing-political-game-over-border-crisis\/\" title=\"House Republicans Accuse Biden of Playing \u2018Political Game\u2019 Over Border Crisis\">federal judge temporarily blocked<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Justice<\/a> from canceling grants to the American Bar Association. After the ABA joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration, the DOJ cut a number of grants to the organization &mdash; a move the judge ruled was aimed at punishing the organization for exercising its right to petition the courts.<\/p>\n<p>The case came to U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper after the ABA sued the DOJ last month in an attempt to challenge the cancellation of the grants. The ABA&nbsp;argued that the DOJ illegally ended five federal grants in retaliation for the organization joining&nbsp;a&nbsp;lawsuit against the Trump administration. On Wednesday, Cooper granted a request from the ABA for a preliminary injunction to halt the government from terminating the grants as the case proceeds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3410982\/milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan-obstruction-case-motion-to-dismiss-trump-presidential-immunity\/\">Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan files motion to dismiss obstruction case citing Trump decision<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3410740\/lawsuit-against-exxonmobil-suncor-to-continue-in-colorado-court\/\">Lawsuit against ExxonMobil, Suncor to continue in Colorado court<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3410301\/dc-illegal-immigrant-arrests-federal-operation-restaurants-neighborhoods\/\">189 illegal immigrants arrested in DC after federal operation in restaurants and neighborhoods<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The First Amendment injury is concrete and ongoing,&rdquo; Cooper said in his <a href=\"https:\/\/ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov\/cgi-bin\/show_public_doc?2025cv1263-28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">opinion<\/a>. &ldquo;The ABA regularly engages in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-the-faint-silver-lining-to-scotuss-anti-speech-rulings\/\" title=\"Here&#039;s The Faint Silver Lining To SCOTUS&#039;s Anti-Speech Rulings\">protected expressive activity<\/a>, and DOJ&rsquo;s termination of its grants directly punishes that activity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit that allegedly prompted the DOJ to cancel the ABA&rsquo;s grants in February challenged the Trump administration&rsquo;s freezing of international development funds for the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department.<\/p>\n<p>In its lawsuit filed after the grants were pulled, the ABA said the DOJ and Attorney General Pam Bondi violated the First Amendment by stopping funding in retaliation for the organization &ldquo;taking positions the administration disfavors.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Court filings note several instances when the ABA criticized the Trump administration for appearing to &ldquo;question the legitimacy of judicial review,&rdquo; targeting judges who issue &ldquo;decisions  this administration does not agree with,&rdquo; and &ldquo;punishing lawyers and law firms who represent certain clients.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to court filings, the DOJ&rsquo;s explanation for terminating its Office on Violence Against Women grants was that the grants were &ldquo;no longer effectuating &rdquo; the department&rsquo;s priorities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3355766\/democratic-attorneys-general-resistance-trump-2-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEYS GENERAL EMERGE AS SOME OF THE ONLY REAL RESISTANCE AGAINST TRUMP 2.0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit alleged that the DOJ terminated the grants, totaling around $3 million, one day after U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche sent a memo barring department attorneys from traveling to or speaking at ABA events. According to legal filings, these canceled grants included money to fund civil litigation skills, LGBT legal training, and violence against women.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The ABA said it had received funding in the form of grants from the DOJ since 1995. These grants have been used to fund training for lawyers and judges dealing with cases related to sexual and domestic violence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2120610\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2120610\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge halts DOJ from canceling ABA grants over Trump lawsuit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2434725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/slater-trump-antitrust.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[51848,7076,5876,50433,32640],"class_list":["post-2434722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-american-bar-association","tag-doj","tag-grants","tag-judge-2","tag-trump-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/slater-trump-antitrust.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434722"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2434727,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434722\/revisions\/2434727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2434725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}