Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc.
United States Supreme Court
133 S. Ct. 2321 (2013)
Relevant factsFree
A federal law funding anti-HIV/AIDS organizations required grant recipients to adopt an explicit policy opposing prostitution and sex trafficking as a condition of receiving funds. The Alliance and Pathfinder International (plaintiffs) sought to block enforcement of this requirement against them as a First Amendment violation; the district court granted a preliminary injunction, and the court of appeals affirmed before the Supreme Court granted certiorari.
IssueFree
Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from conditioning federal funding on an organization's adoption of a particular government-favored viewpoint.