Grace Pastor to Newsmax: Supreme Court ‘Not Happy’ About Lower Court Defiance

Associate White House Counsel Grace Pastor told Newsmax Friday that the Supreme Court is “not happy” that it had to rule again on a subject it’s already issued a decision on because of the defiance of lower courts.

On Thursday, the high court ruled that the Trump administration can proceed with making sweeping cuts to National Institutes of Health diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) grants.

Ruling in favor of the Justice Department, the Supreme Court lifted U.S. District Judge William Young’s June decision that found the grant terminations violated federal law while a challenge brought by researchers and 16 states continues in a lower court.

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