Humanities Endowment Blocked From Canceling State Grants (1)

Aug. 7, 2025, 1:36 PM UTCUpdated: Aug. 7, 2025, 3:15 PM UTC

The National Endowment for the Humanities is barred from terminating grants it provides to states to invest in local humanities and arts projects, a federal judge ruled.

NEH’s argument that it doesn’t have to follow Congress’ directive to provide states funding in line with its establishing statute “is a violation of the Separation of Powers doctrine,” Judge Michael H. Simon of the US District Court for the District of Oregon said in a Wednesday opinion, granting the Oregon Council for the Humanities and the Federation of State Humanities Councils a preliminary injunction.

The executive branch “is not at liberty ...

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