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The Supreme Court upheld 鈥渄ecency鈥�-related procedures in the 鈥�90s but warned that restricting funding based on artists鈥� viewpoints would cross a constitutional line. Today, the NEA鈥檚 鈥済ender ideology鈥� restriction revives those fights.

Whether a journalist can be detained on the basis of their livestreaming and reporting on law enforcement activities.

BOSTON 鈥� Today, a federal court in the District of Massachusetts blocked the Trump administration鈥檚 attempted hostile ideological takeover of Harvard University. The court held that the government鈥檚 rescission of billions of dollars in federal funding because of the university鈥檚 refusal to accept its efforts to 鈥渃ontrol viewpoints at Harvard鈥� and to instead file a lawsuit violated the university鈥檚 First Amendment rights. In the decision, the judge noted that the Trump administration violated Harvard鈥檚 right to free speech by unconstitutionally seeking 鈥渢o force Harvard to better manifest the government鈥檚 favored worldview.鈥� This comes a few months after the 红杏视频, the 红杏视频 of Massachusetts, and legal organizations across the ideological spectrum urged the court in a friend-of-the-court brief to hold that the administration鈥檚 actions are unconstitutional. The federal government decided to withhold billions of dollars in research funding from Harvard University after it refused to vet its students, faculty, and course offerings for 鈥渋deological capture.鈥� The administration had also demanded that Harvard subject certain departments and centers 鈥� such as the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures 鈥� to a third party audit because their offerings and approaches differed from the government鈥檚 preferred viewpoints. 鈥淭oday鈥檚 opinion makes clear that the government doesn鈥檛 get to bully private institutions into bending to its ideological will, including by rescinding funding鈥� said Vera Eidelman, senior staff attorney with the 红杏视频. 鈥淭he government cannot interfere with the autonomy of any private institution, much less the academic freedom of a university, because it refuses to accept or parrot the government鈥檚 worldview.鈥� "Academic freedom is core to the preservation of our democracy," said Jessie Rossman, legal director at the 红杏视频 of Massachusetts, "Here in Massachusetts, we have a deep understanding of the irreplaceable role our colleges and universities play in advancing knowledge and enriching our culture. Today's decision confirms the bedrock constitutional protections against this administration's attacks on higher education."

BOSTON 鈥� A federal judge denied a motion to dismiss from the government today against a legal challenge by two doctors from Harvard University who allege that the Department of Health and Human Services removed their research from the Patient Safety Network (PSNet) for including the words 鈥淟GBTQ鈥� and 鈥渢ransgender." 鈥淭he government cannot censor medical research just because it doesn鈥檛 like certain terms or ideas,鈥� said Rachel Davidson, staff attorney with the 红杏视频 of Massachusetts. 鈥淥ur clients have the First Amendment right to pursue research freely and without government interference 鈥� and that includes discussing care for LGBTQ patients. We look forward to continuing this litigation and vindicating the rights of our clients.鈥� PSNet is a government-run website for doctors and medical researchers to share information about patient safety, including medical errors, misdiagnoses, and patient outcomes. The articles removed include 鈥淓ndometriosis: A Common and Commonly Missed and Delayed Diagnosis,鈥� co-authored by plaintiff Dr. Celeste Royce, which included a sentence about diagnosis in transgender and gender-nonconforming people, and 鈥淢ultiple Missed Opportunities for Suicide Risk Assessment in Emergency and Primary Care Settings,鈥� co-authored by plaintiff Dr. Gordon Schiff, which included a sentence about heightened risk in LGBTQ communities. The articles were among several removed as part of a broad takedown of information that the government contends promotes 鈥済ender ideology,鈥� including any articles containing certain prohibited terms, including 鈥淟GBTQ鈥� and 鈥渢rans[gender].鈥� All articles removed from PSNet have since been restored following a preliminary injunction issued in this case in May. The suit was initially filed in March in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School, the 红杏视频, and the 红杏视频 of Massachusetts.