Government Funding Restrictions on Speech Cases
Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society (2013)
said barring funding for NGOs not explicitly opposed to certain policies
violated the First Amendment.
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 organizations that refused to affirm certain beliefs in Agency for
International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc.
II.
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 challenges that it violated free speech.
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth (2000)
said universities may charge a fee to fund extracurricular speech through a
viewpoint-neutral program.
Legal Services Corp. v Velazquez (2001) said a prohibition on using federal
funds designated for indigent legal services to challenge welfare law
violated the First Amendment.
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 constitutional.
National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra (2018) ruled
that forcing pregnancy centers to tell patients about abortion services
violated the First Amendment.
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 Amendment.
Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (2006) said that
conditioning funding on allowing military recruiters on campus did not
violate the First Amendment.
In a First Amendment case, Rust v. Sullivan (1991) upheld regulations
prohibiting doctors receiving federal funding from providing information on
abortion.
US v. American Library Association (2003) struck down a First Amendment
challenge against a law restricting funding to libraries that did not
install Internet filtering software.
