Judge Colleen McMahon followed other judges by taking a stand on behalf of freedom and democracy.

On July 25, the U.S. District judge for the Southern District of New York issued a preliminary injunction stopping the mass cancellation of National Endowment for the Humanities grants to members of the Authors Guild.

McMahon found that “the defendants terminated the grants .... based on the recipients’ perceived viewpoint, in an effort to drive such views out of the marketplace of ideas.” She recognized the essential role the NEH plays in supporting the infrastructure of democracy in America’s schools, museums, libraries, and cultural life.

The Trump administration’s attack on that infrastructure has gone well beyond its cancellation of grants to writers. Last April, NEH rescinded grants m

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