{"id":2477411,"date":"2025-08-21T20:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T00:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-research-funding-cuts-in-anti-dei-effort\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T20:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T00:51:33","slug":"supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-research-funding-cuts-in-anti-dei-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-research-funding-cuts-in-anti-dei-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court allows Trump administration research funding cuts in anti-DEI effort"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fsupreme-court-allows-trump-administration-research-funding-cuts-in-anti-dei-effort%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=2477411&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>The U.S. Supreme Court has permitted the Trump management to proceed with notable cuts to research funding as part of its anti-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative.In a 5-4 ruling, the Court lifted a prior order that blocked $783 million in funding reductions by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). While Chief Justice John Roberts joined the liberal dissent, the conservative majority approved the decision.However, the Court blocked the administration&#8217;s anti-DEI guidance related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/144-cities-could-be-downgraded-from-metropolitan-to-micropolitan-status\/\" title=\"144 Cities Could Be Downgraded From \u2018Metropolitan\u2019 To \u2018Micropolitan\u2019 Status\">future funding decisions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The administration&#8217;s effort, overseen by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.Kennedy Jr., involved reevaluating and terminating grants supporting DEI and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-medias-go-to-gender-identity-researcher-propagandist-is-a-fraud\/\" title=\"The Media&#039;s Go-To Gender Identity ...er\/Propagandist Is a Fraud\">gender identity research<\/a>. Opponents argue these cuts could cause severe harm to public health and scientific progress. Sixteen states,advocacy groups,and researchers sued the administration,claiming the cuts are unconstitutional and disrupt ongoing studies.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump Justice Department maintains that funding decisions should be free from judicial interference and criticizes DEI initiatives as masking racial discrimination. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued previous judicial rulings supporting funding cuts should apply here,supporting the administration&#8217;s position.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissenting, criticized the Court and administration for frequently ruling in the administration&#8217;s favor, describing the approach as arbitrary. this ruling is part of a broader effort by the administration to reduce government spending and reshape funding priorities. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/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\">Supreme Court allows Trump administration research funding cuts in anti-DEI effort<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2209367\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> allowed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump administration<\/a> on Thursday to enact millions in research funding cuts in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anti-DEI<\/a> initiative.<\/p>\n<p>In a 5-4 decision, the court lifted an order blocking $783 million in cuts enacted by the National Institutes of Health.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3760962\/appeals-court-skeptical-of-unions-effort-to-reverse-trump-federal-worker-firings\/\">Appeals court skeptical of unions&rsquo; effort to reverse Trump federal worker firings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3500119\/supreme-court-social-media-mississippi-age-verification-law\/\">Supreme Court declines to block Mississippi social media age-verification law<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts sided with the court&rsquo;s three liberal justices in dissent, while the conservative wing approved the decision. The court blocked the Trump administration&rsquo;s anti-DEI guidance on future funding with a vote from Justice Amy Coney Barrett.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court win for the Trump administration bolsters their mission to cut government spending across the capital. Opponents of the administration&rsquo;s cuts to public health argue they will cause &ldquo;incalculable losses in public health and human life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s Justice Department maintains that the administration should be able to control funding decisions. They said funding shouldn&rsquo;t be &ldquo;subject to judicial second-guessing&rdquo; and efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion &ldquo;conceal insidious racial discrimination.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The NIH began terminating federal grants in February behind Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who had instructed a reevaluation of all grant funding or supporting &ldquo;DEI and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >gender identity research activities<\/a> and programs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s pick to lead the Health and Human Services Department, walks between meetings with senators on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sixteen states, advocacy organizations, and researchers sued the NIH and Kennedy, noting that eliminating the research was unconstitutional. They argued that halting funding for research midway through studies harms data already collected and limits the country&rsquo;s capacity for scientific breakthroughs.<\/p>\n<p>This specific lawsuit addresses just part of the estimated $12 billion cuts. In its emergency appeal, the Trump administration referenced several other times judges have blocked funding cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Solicitor General D. John Sauer said judges shouldn&rsquo;t consider those cases and that they should go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-navy-fined-for-software-piracy\/\" title=\"U.S. Navy Fined for Software Piracy\">federal claims court<\/a>. He cited a previous Supreme Court decision that helped the administration enact cuts to teacher-training programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3500119\/supreme-court-social-media-mississippi-age-verification-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO BLOCK MISSISSIPPI SOCIAL MEDIA AGE-VERIFICATION LAW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the newest liberal justice, dissenting from the Supreme Court, slammed the administration and her colleagues and observed that the administration &ldquo;always wins.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is Calvinball jurisprudence with a twist. Calvinball has only one rule: There are no fixed rules. We seem to have two: that one, and this Administration always wins,&rdquo; she said, referring to the comic strip<em> Calvin and Hobbes.<\/em><\/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> <\/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>Supreme Court permits Trump&#8217;s $783M NIH research funding cuts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2477412,"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\/2025\/08\/AP24352621340712-1.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[26651,32546,39718,32275,32640],"class_list":["post-2477411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-anti-dei","tag-legal-decision","tag-research-funding","tag-supreme-court","tag-trump-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP24352621340712-1.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477411","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2477411"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2477415,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2477411\/revisions\/2477415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2477412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2477411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2477411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2477411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}