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On June 20, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an injunction against enforcement of a provision of the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003 (Leadership Act) that required any recipient of Leadership Act funds to adopt a policy explicitly opposing prostitution and to refrain from any speech — even privately funded — that the government deemed inconsistent with that policy.
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On June 20, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an injunction
against enforcement of a provision of the United States Leadership
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003 (Leadership
Act) that required any recipient of Leadership Act funds to adopt a
policy explicitly opposing prostitution and to refrain from any
speech — even privately funded — that the government
deemed inconsistent with that policy. In a 6-2 opinion by Chief
Justice Roberts, the court held that this condition, known as the
policy requirement, violated the First Amendment.
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