Trump didn’t just win. He followed the law. “Congress has mandated legal disputes over federal government grants and contracts be pursued only in the Court of Federal Claims,” Solicitor General John Sauer told the justices. That’s not a loophole. That’s jurisdiction. The media buried it. https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2025/08/22/supreme-court-says-trump-can-end-dei-research-at-nih-00518578
🚨 BREAKING – TRUMP WINS AT SUPREME COURT: SCOTUS 5-4 greenlights President Trump ending DEI and gender ideology grants at the NIH.
A LOT of this BS started under Anthony Fauci and Democrat presidents. It’s now ending. pic.twitter.com/XehrDIMTEn
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 21, 2025
The Court agreed. “The District Court likely lacked jurisdiction to hear challenges to the grant terminations,” Justice Barrett wrote. She didn’t hedge. She applied precedent. The media called it “bizarre.” https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/21/supreme-court-allows-trumps-cuts-to-health-research-grants-over-dei-policies.html
The NIH grants weren’t just about science. They were ideological. “Projects inconsistent with agency priorities,” the Justice Department warned. That included “Buddhism and HIV stigma in Thailand” and “controlled puberty in transgender adolescents.” The media called it “racial discrimination.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-allows-trump-to-gut-dei-linked-nih-grants/ar-AA1KYLoi
The spin came fast. “Halting these grants would devastate biomedical research,” claimed the American Public Health Association. But NIH is still pouring billions into research. The $783M cut was targeted. Strategic. Legal. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-administration-wins-supreme-court-fight-to-slash-nih-medical-research-grants-tied-to-dei-lgbtq-studies/ar-AA1KZuSp
Justice Jackson’s dissent was pure emotion, not law. “Calvinball jurisprudence… this Administration always wins.” That wasn’t legal reasoning. That was theater. And the media treated it like gospel. https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/08/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-to-terminate-783-million-in-nih-grants-linked-to-dei-initiatives/
Trump and the Court didn’t break the system. They enforced it. The media didn’t report that. They staged outrage.
