Agency for Int’l Development v. Alliance for Open Society

Decided June 29, 2020. Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 19-177 · 591 U.S. 430 (2020) · Cited 0 times

Holding

Because the foreign affiliates of American nongovernmental organizations possess no First Amendment rights, the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act’s limitation on funding organizations with “a policy explicitly opposing prostitution and sex trafficking,” 22 U. S. C. §7631(f), is not unconstitutional as applied to them.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Agency for Int'l Development v. Alliance for Open Society Int'l, Inc. · 570 U.S. 205 (2013)
• Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc. · 515 U.S. 557 (1995)
• Regan v. Taxation With Representation of Washington · 461 U.S. 540 (1983)
• Boumediene v. Bush · 553 U.S. 723 (2008)
• Wooley v. Maynard · 430 U.S. 705 (1977)
• Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California · 468 U.S. 364 (1984)
• PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins · 447 U.S. 74 (1980)
• United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez · 494 U.S. 259 (1990)
• Johnson v. Eisentrager · 339 U.S. 763 (1950)
• Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson · 538 U.S. 468 (2003)
• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 475 U.S. 1 (1986)
• Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner · 407 U.S. 551 (1972)
• Cedric Kushner Promotions, Ltd. v. King · 533 U.S. 158 (2001)
• Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez · 531 U.S. 533 (2001)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Plyler v. Doe · 457 U.S. 202 (1982)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Hamdi v. Rumsfeld · 542 U.S. 507 (2004)
• Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party · 552 U.S. 442 (2008)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Rust v. Sullivan · 500 U.S. 173 (1991)
• Kwong Hai Chew v. Colding · 344 U.S. 590 (1953)
• United States v. Raines · 362 U.S. 17 (1960)
• New York Times Co. v. United States · 403 U.S. 713 (1971)
• Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Assn. · 485 U.S. 439 (1988)
• Kleindienst v. Mandel · 408 U.S. 753 (1972)
• Landon v. Plasencia · 459 U.S. 21 (1982)
• Milliken v. Bradley · 418 U.S. 717 (1974)
• Bridges v. Wixon · 326 U.S. 135 (1945)
• Downes v. Bidwell · 182 U.S. 244 (1901)

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