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Federal grant money cannot be held hostage to unrelated policy demands.

Courts are striking down, program by program, the strategy of conditioning dedicated funds — anti-terrorism and domestic-violence grants alike — on recipients adopting the administration's unrelated election and ideological priorities.

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US Politics
Judge Ali Strikes Down FEMA's Election Conditions on Anti-Terrorism Grants, Weeks Before the Midterms

Election-administration demands attached to anti-terrorism funding exceeded the statute's purpose and the agencies' authority.

US Politics
Rhode Island Judge Blocks DOJ's Overhaul of Domestic-Violence Grant Conditions — Another Defeat for Government-by-Condition

A dedicated grant program is the latest fund courts protect from hostage-taking through unrelated ideological conditions.