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FOIA Lawsuit Seeks Bush-Era DOJ Opinion

The Brennan Center for Justice filed a federal lawsuit to compel release of a long-suppressed Bush-era legal opinion; the opinion in question purportedly acknowledges that a federal law—which requires organizations receiving federal grants for HIV/AIDS work to pledge opposition to prostitution—may be unconstitutional. 

– 10/15/09

Court Rules Government Cannot Enforce Speech Restriction on Humanitarian Groups

In AOSI v. USAID, a federal judge enjoined the government from enforcing a restriction against health and humanitarian groups participating in the federal government’s international HIV/AIDS program

– 08/08/08