2026-05-08 02:45:50 UTC / 路透社
作者：卡尼什卡·辛格
2026年5月8日 2:45 UTC | 更新于41分钟前
- 法院认定终止拨款涉及“明目张胆”的歧视
- 法官表示，DOGE缺乏法律权限
- 裁决称终止拨款行为违反美国宪法第一和第五修正案
华盛顿5月7日路透电 — 一名联邦法官周四裁定，特朗普政府所谓的“政府效率部”（DOGE）去年终止数百项人文领域拨款的行为违宪，且涉及“明目张胆”的歧视。
去年4月，唐纳德·特朗普政府终止了1400多项拨款，涉及拨付给学者、作家、研究机构及其他人文组织的逾1亿美元国会拨款。
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此次拨款终止是亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克在DOGE主导的成本削减行动的一部分。
“政府公然进行了基于观点的歧视，”美国地区法官科琳·麦克马洪在谴责特朗普政府所称的打击多样性举措的行动时表示。
法官称，此次终止拨款的行为违反了保障言论自由权的美国宪法第一修正案，以及第五修正案中关于平等保护的条款。裁决同时指出，DOGE并无终止拨款的法律权限。
“对DOGE而言重要的并非某笔拨款是否缺乏学术价值、未遵守条款规定，或是超出了美国国家人文基金会（NEH）的法定宗旨。真正重要的是，该拨款涉及‘少数群体’，”法官写道。
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“DOGE将种族和族裔——包括涉及黑人、亚裔、拉丁裔和原住民社区的拨款——以及国籍和移民身份、宗教和宗教身份（包括犹太教、基督教和伊斯兰教主题）、性别以及性取向，作为终止拨款的判定标准。”
法官还表示，DOGE工作人员使用人工智能工具ChatGPT为部分拨款终止提供理由的行为，不能免除政府对其决策应承担的责任。
“政府不能将ChatGPT当作替罪羊，以此逃避因DOGE的工作而应承担的法律责任，”法官写道。
人权倡导者此前就已对特朗普打击教育和艺术机构、多样性举措以及历史遗迹和博物馆的行为表示担忧，称这些行为可能逆转数十年来的社会进步，削弱对美国历史关键阶段的认知。
特朗普曾声称，众多文化、艺术和教育机构及团体是自由主义和“反美国”价值观的堡垒，未能以积极视角展现美国历史。
他曾威胁要削减这些机构的联邦拨款，理由是它们针对美国盟友以色列对加沙的军事行动举行支持巴勒斯坦的抗议活动、推行跨性别相关政策、开展气候行动以及实施多样性项目。
他的目标涵盖顶尖大学、史密森学会、肯尼迪艺术中心，以及包括美国国家公共广播电台和公共广播电视公司在内的广播机构。
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US judge rules humanities grant terminations by DOGE were unlawful, discriminatory
2026-05-08 02:45:50 UTC / Reuters
By Kanishka Singh
May 8, 2026 2:45 AM UTC Updated 41 mins ago
- Grant terminations involved ‘blatant’ discrimination, court finds
- DOGE lacked legal authority, judge says
- Ruling says terminations violated US Constitution’s First and Fifth Amendments
WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) – A federal judge ruled on Thursday that the terminations of hundreds of humanities grants last year by the Trump administration’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency were unconstitutional, and involved “blatant” discrimination.
In April last year, President Donald Trump’s administration terminated more than 1,400 grants, representing over $100 million in congressionally appropriated funds awarded to scholars, writers, research institutions and other humanities organizations.
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The terminations were part of a cost-cutting drive that billionaire Elon Musk was leading at DOGE.
“The Government engaged in blatant viewpoint discrimination,” U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon said in condemning what the Trump administration cast as a crackdown on diversity practices.
The judge said the terminations violated the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, which provides free speech rights, and its Fifth Amendment’s equal protection component. The ruling also said DOGE did not have the legal authority to terminate the grants.
“What mattered to DOGE was not whether a grant lacked scholarly merit, failed to comply with its terms, or fell outside NEH’s (National Endowment for the Humanities) statutory purposes. What mattered was that the grant concerned a ‘minority group’,” the judge wrote.
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“DOGE swept in race and ethnicity – including grants concerning Black, Asian, Latino, and Indigenous communities – as well as national origin and immigration status; religion and religious identity (including Jewish, Christian, and Muslim subjects); sex; and sexual orientation, as criteria for grant termination.”
The judge also said that DOGE staff’s use of artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT to come up with the rationale to terminate some grants would not absolve the government of responsibility for its decisions.
“The government cannot escape liability for DOGE’s work by scapegoating ChatGPT,” the judge wrote.
Rights advocates have raised concerns about Trump’s attacks on educational and arts institutions, diversity initiatives, and historical places and museums, saying they could undo decades of social progress and undermine acknowledgement of critical phases of American history.
Trump has alleged that many cultural, arts and educational institutions and bodies are a bastion of liberalism and “anti-American” values that do not portray U.S. history in a positive light.
He has made threats to cut their federal funding over pro-Palestinian protests against U.S. ally Israel’s assault on Gaza, transgender policies, climate initiatives and diversity programs.
His targets have ranged from elite universities, the Smithsonian Institution and the Kennedy Center to broadcasters including the National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service.
Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Kate Mayberry
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