August 25, 2026 · Ninth Circuit ruling · Federal grants / Executive authority / Immigration and civil-rights conditions
Ninth Circuit largely upholds block on administration conditions tied to transportation and homelessness grants
A divided Ninth Circuit panel largely upheld a preliminary injunction preventing HUD and Transportation from conditioning congressionally authorized transportation and homelessness grants on recipients adopting broad administration positions concerning immigration, abortion and “gender ideology.” The panel concluded that the cited grant statutes did not give the agencies the sweeping authority they claimed. The ruling allows some narrower conditions tied directly to existing federal anti-discrimination and immigration statutes. This is an appellate ruling on preliminary relief, not the end of every underlying claim.
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