Honorable, the chief justice and the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. All persons having business before the honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States are admonished to give their attention with the court is now sitting with the United States and this honorable court. This morning we will hear argument in case 19177, the United States agency for International Development versus the alliance for open Society International. I know at the outset that Justice Kagan is recused in this case. Mr. Michelle. Mr. Chief Justice Manny please the court, 20 years ago the hivaids pandemic was devastating the world in response president bush proposed that congress adopted leadership act, since reactor rice three times theyve committed 80 billion to global aids relief, it is worth saving more than 17 million lives in the most successful American Foreign aid efforts since the marshall plan. The funding can issue requires recipients travel policy prostitution and sex
Justice kagan is recused in this case. Mr. Michelle . Mr. Chief justice and may it please the court. 20 years ago the hivaids pandemic was devastating the world. In response, president bush proposed and congress adopted the leadership act, since reauthorized three times the act has committed nearly 80 million to global aids relief and it has worked, saving more than 17 million lives in the most successful foreign aid effort from america since the marshall plan. The issue at here requires recipients to have a policy of opposing prostitution and sex trafficking, which Congress Found our coercive practices that spread hivaids and degrade women and girls. This court held that applying that condition to respondents violates the constitutional conditions doctrine, but respondents sought more. The question is whether the condition can still be applied to foreign grant recipients operating abroad. It can for two straightforward reasons. They cannot bring in unconstitutional conditions claim, a
Or part of public and want to speak an, an item please fill out a speaker card ill call think you. Please step forward when Public Comment is open. Thank you it sfgovtv and Media Services for showing this meeting live to the public overtime we met lets start with roll call commissioner lee commissioner joseph commissioner moshoyannis commissioner caminong commissioner president tan we have quorum we were right given notice that commissioner frost and ohio the first item a Public Comment on any item pertainably to the straefks you dont see agendize any. New if so it later youll come later but something you dont see on the agenda but we need to know this is your chance not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. Item 2 a review and that places you under from august 18th and september 15th i believe there is one change commissioner lee would like to point out and make tuesday september 15th item e the restaurant i recused myself i voted yes, please correct that did you catch it crystal any
Started please turn off your cell phones or keep them on vibrate two a speaker on an item or part of public and want to speak an, an item please fill out a speaker card ill call think you. Please step forward when Public Comment is open. Thank you it sfgovtv and Media Services for showing this meeting live to the public overtime we met lets start with roll call commissioner lee commissioner joseph commissioner moshoyannis commissioner caminong commissioner president tan we have quorum we were right given notice that commissioner frost and ohio the first item a Public Comment on any item pertainably to the straefks you dont see agendize any. New if so it later youll come later but something you dont see on the agenda but we need to know this is your chance not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. Item 2 a review and that places you under from august 18th and september 15th i believe there is one change commissioner lee would like to point out and make tuesday september 15th item e the
Your cell phones or keep them on vibrate two a speaker on an item or part of public and want to speak an, an item please fill out a speaker card ill call think you. Please step forward when Public Comment is open. Thank you it sfgovtv and Media Services for showing this meeting live to the public overtime we met lets start with roll call commissioner lee commissioner joseph commissioner moshoyannis commissioner caminong commissioner president tan we have quorum we were right given notice that commissioner frost and ohio the first item a Public Comment on any item pertainably to the straefks you dont see agendize any. New if so it later youll come later but something you dont see on the agenda but we need to know this is your chance not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. Item 2 a review and that places you under from august 18th and september 15th i believe there is one change commissioner lee would like to point out and make tuesday september 15th item e the restaurant i recused mys