"A majority of justices say this 16-judge court likely has jurisdiction over lawsuits regarding thousands of National Institutes of Health federal research grants that the Trump administration has tried to terminate, as well as other fights concerning canceled grants. If the Supreme Court sticks by its current thinking in final rulings, the Court of Federal Claims could be handling fights over countless grants that the Trump administration and future higher ed-targeting presidencies may try to cancel in the future."
"It's apt for what's in this building: the Court of Federal Claims, a legal venue where the U.S. government is always the one being sued. One catch: This court doesn't have the authority to actually restore the grants. It can award money for canceled ones, but experienced lawyers who practice before it disagree on whether it will provide compensation even approaching what the grants were worth."
Several hundred feet from the White House sits the Court of Federal Claims, where the U.S. government is always the named defendant. The Supreme Court's preliminary rulings indicate that the 16-judge court likely has jurisdiction over lawsuits related to thousands of NIH and other federal research grants that were targeted for termination. The court cannot reinstate grants but can award monetary damages for canceled awards. Experienced attorneys disagree on whether damages will approach full grant value. Research institutions, not individual researchers, generally hold the legal standing to sue because institutions are the grant recipients. The court's role could shape future disputes over canceled federal research funding.
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