Judge Finds DOGE Grant Cuts Were Discriminatory And Unconstitutional

Judge Finds DOGE Grant Cuts Were Discriminatory And Unconstitutional

Source: Gilles Mingasson / Getty One of the first things President Donald Trump did upon taking office last year was to appoint Elon Musk as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). To say DOGE was a net negative for American life would be an understatement. While many people are still reeling from the cuts and layoffs that resulted from DOGE, a federal judge ruled that the cuts DOGE made to $100 million in humanities grants were …

Judge Rules Cancellation of Humanities Grants by Trump Admin Was Unconstitutional

The Trump administration’s cancellation of more than $100 million in humanities grants to scholars, writers, research groups and other organizations was unconstitutional, and the Department of Government Efficiency had no authority to end the funding, a federal judge in New York ruled on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan sided with The Authors Guild, several other groups and several people who had their grants canceled a…