"In documents revealed during discovery of the summary judgment, DOGE officials admitted that they used ChatGPT to identify which grants were in violation of the president's anti-DEI executive orders. Grants containing words such as “history,” “culture” and “identity” were flagged by AI as relating to DEI."
"The judge ruled that DOGE officials violated the plaintiffs' First Amendment rights and the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment and terminated the grants without any statutory authority to do so."
"In her ruling, McMahon said DOGE staffers, both in their 20s, “did not have much experience in anything at all-certainly not in anything remotely related to the humanities.”"
"She also noted that the plaintiffs' loss is not limited to lost grant funding, but also includes “disruption of protected expression, the interruption of ongoing research and publication, the cancellation or suspension of humanities programming, and the chilling effect caused by the Government's use of viewpoint-based and unauthorized criteria to terminate federal grants.”"
A U.S. district judge ruled that the termination of more than 1,400 National Endowment for the Humanities grants was unconstitutional. NEH officials and Department of Government Efficiency staff canceled grants totaling over $100 million in congressionally appropriated funds. Scholars and academic associations sued to reverse the cancellations. During discovery, DOGE officials admitted they used ChatGPT to identify grants they believed violated the president’s anti-DEI executive orders. Grants containing words such as “history,” “culture,” and “identity” were flagged by AI as relating to DEI. The judge found violations of First Amendment rights and the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment, and found the terminations occurred without statutory authority. The ruling cited disruption of protected expression, interruption of research and publication, cancellation of programming, and a chilling effect from viewpoint-based criteria.
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