Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc.

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Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc. is a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the government cannot require organizations receiving federal funds to adopt a specific ideological position as a condition of funding, under the First Amendment.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case
alsoKnownAs Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc.
surface form: AID v. AOSI
challengedProvision policy requirement (anti-prostitution pledge)
citation 133 S. Ct. 2321
186 L. Ed. 2d 398
570 U.S. 205
concernsProgram United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003
concernsStatute 22 U.S.C. § 7631(f)
concurrenceBy Stephen G. Breyer
surface form: Justice Stephen G. Breyer
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted The Right of Free Speech
surface form: First Amendment Free Speech Clause
court Supreme Court of the United States
decisionDate 2013-06-20
dissentBy Antonin Scalia
surface form: Justice Antonin Scalia
docketNumber 12-10
holding Congress cannot leverage funding to regulate speech outside the scope of the federal program.
The government may not require funding recipients to adopt a specific belief as a condition of receiving federal funds.
The policy requirement violates the First Amendment by compelling speech.
impact limited the government’s ability to impose ideological conditions on grant recipients
joinedByInMajority Anthony M. Kennedy
surface form: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy

Elena Kagan
surface form: Justice Elena Kagan

Ruth Bader Ginsburg
surface form: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Sonia Sotomayor
surface form: Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Stephen G. Breyer
surface form: Justice Stephen G. Breyer
joinedDissent Clarence Thomas
surface form: Justice Clarence Thomas

Samuel A. Alito Jr.
surface form: Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
legalIssue First Amendment to the United States Constitution
freedom of speech
unconstitutional conditions doctrine
lowerCourtCitation 651 F.3d 218 (2d Cir. 2011)
lowerCourtHolding Second Circuit held the policy requirement unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
majorityOpinionBy John G. Roberts Jr.
surface form: Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.
oralArgumentDate 2013-04-22
originatedFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
petitioner United States Agency for International Development
other United States government agencies
relatedCase Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez
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Rust v. Sullivan
relatedDoctrine government speech doctrine
respondent Open Society Foundations
surface form: Alliance for Open Society International, Inc.

other nongovernmental organizations
subjectMatter HIV/AIDS prevention funding
conditions on federal funding
international public health programs
subsequentRelatedCase Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc. self-linksurface differs
surface form: Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc. (2020)
term October Term 2012
vote 6-2

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October Term 2012 includesCase Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc.
Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc. alsoKnownAs Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc.
this entity surface form: AID v. AOSI
Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc. subsequentRelatedCase Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc. self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc. (2020)