USAID v. Alliance for Open Society International (2020)

Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc.
Argued May 5, 2020
Decided June 29, 2020
Full case nameAgency for International Development, et al. v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., et al.
Docket no.19-177
Citations591 U.S. ___ (more)
140 S. Ct. 2082
Case history
Prior
  • Permanent injunction granted, Alliance for Open Soc'y Int'l, Inc. v. U.S. Agency for Int'l Dev., 106 F. Supp. 3d 355 (S.D.N.Y. 2015);
  • Affirmed, 911 F.3d 104 (2d Cir. 2018);
  • Cert. granted, 140 S.Ct. 660 (2019).
Holding
Because plaintiffs’ foreign affiliates possess no First Amendment rights, applying the Policy Requirement to them is not unconstitutional.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh
Case opinions
MajorityKavanaugh, joined by Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch
ConcurrenceThomas
DissentBreyer, joined by Ginsburg, Sotomayor
Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I

Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., 591 U.S. ___ (2020), also known as AOSI II (to distinguish it from the 2013 case), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that compelled speech required as a condition for funding on foreign non-governmental affiliates of U.S. non-government organizations does not violate First Amendment rights.