From The Hill: The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling Thursday, enabled the Trump administration to cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants linked to diversity initiatives.
The decision partially lifts a Boston-based judge’s ruling that declared the cancellations illegal and blocked the administration from moving forward.
Five of the court’s six Republican-appointed justices sided with the administration: Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
They said the judge wasn’t following the high court’s emergency decision this spring allowing the administration to cancel education grants. Gorsuch was the most pointed in his criticism, accusing the judge and several others of defying the high court.
“Lower court judges may sometimes disagree with this Court’s decisions, but they are never free to defy them,” Gorsuch wrote.
Oddly, Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the three liberal justices on the ruling.
U.S. District Judge William Young, who was appointed by former President Reagan, had blocked the cuts in June after multiple health groups and 16 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit.
BREAKING: In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court allows Trump to cut $783 million in DEI research funding
HUGE WIN pic.twitter.com/9NaPZLws9t
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 21, 2025
The Supreme Court tossed another injunction blocking the Trump Administration. Justice Gorsuch delivered this haymaker to lower court judges: “Lower court judges may sometimes disagree with this Court’s decisions, but they are never free to defy them.” https://t.co/Z0hlgijNQv
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) August 21, 2025
BREAKING: A 5-4 Supreme Court lifts injunction and allows Trump administration, for now, to cut millions in National Institutes of Health grants linked to diversity initiatives.
Chief Justice John Roberts joins the liberals in dissent. https://t.co/1A9ULxSR28 pic.twitter.com/AqEh95n3MC
— Jacob Wheeler (@JWheelertv) August 21, 2025
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