AG Campbell issued the following statement in response to the 5-4 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in NIH v. APHA, holding that plaintiffs can seek relief on National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant terminations only in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. In the meantime, the order allows the Trump Administration to withhold grant funding for lifesaving medical and public health research. 

“The Supreme Court’s decision is wrong and deeply disappointing. Even though the Court did not dispute that the Trump Administration’s decision to cut critical medical and public health research is illegal, they ordered the recipients of that funding – hospitals, researchers, and the state – to jump through more hoops to get it back. All the while, our research institutions, economy, and residents who depend on this lifesaving medical research will suffer. Even if accountability is delayed, we won’t stop fighting to protect this funding, our residents, and our rule of law.” – AG Campbell