Case Categories: Government Funding Restrictions on Speech

• Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society (2013)

  Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society (2013) said barring funding for NGOs not explicitly opposed to certain policies violated the...

• Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc. II (2020)

  The Supreme Court in 2020 ruled that First Amendment speech protections did not apply to foreign organizations in affirming a law barring AIDS funding to...

• Arkansas Times v. Waltrip (8th Circuit) (2022)

  The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2022 upheld an Arkansas law that requires contractors with the state to sign a pledge not to boycott Israel despite...

• Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth (2000)

  Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth (2000) said universities may charge a fee to fund extracurricular speech through a...

• Christian Legal Society v. Martinez (2010)

  Christian Legal Society v. Martinez (2010) said not allowing a Christian Legal Society chapter to receive benefits did not violate the First Amendment...

• Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez (2001)

  Legal Services Corp. v Velazquez (2001) said a prohibition on using federal funds designated for indigent legal services to challenge welfare law violated the...

• National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley (1998)

  National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley (1998) ruled that requiring standards of decency and respect to be considered with funding decisions by the NEA was...

• National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra (2018)

  National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra (2018) ruled that forcing pregnancy centers to tell patients about abortion services violated the...

• Rosenberger v. Rectors and Visitors of the University of Virginia (1995)

  Rosenberger v. Rectors and Visitors of the University of Virginia (1995) ruled that the denial of student funds to a Christian-based magazine violated the First...

• Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (2006)

  Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (2006) said that conditioning funding on allowing military recruiters on campus did not violate the...

• Rust v. Sullivan (1991)

  In a First Amendment case, Rust v. Sullivan (1991) upheld regulations prohibiting doctors receiving federal funding from providing information on abortion...

• United States v. American Library Association (2003)

  US v. American Library Association (2003) struck down a First Amendment challenge against a law restricting funding to libraries that did not install Internet...