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The government argues the policy applies broadly to affiliates. 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2020."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 10-26","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 10-26"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 65, lines 32-34","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 65, lines 32-34"}]},{"heading":"What each side wants","paragraphs":["The government wants the Court to uphold the policy's application to foreign affiliates.","The nonprofit wants the Court to strike down the policy as applied to its foreign partners."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 33, lines 30-32","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 33, lines 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It defines the boundary between domestic funding conditions and international free speech rights."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 33, lines 30-32","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 33, lines 30-32"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 28-24","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 28-24"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 62, lines 34-30","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 62, lines 34-30"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 18-38","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 18-38"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 50-52","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 50-52"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 54-24","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 12, lines 54-24"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 14, lines 10-28","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 14, lines 10-28"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 14, lines 34-42","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 14, lines 34-42"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 10-26","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 10-26"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 26-44","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 26-44"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 65, lines 32-34","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 65, lines 32-34"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 32-32","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 32-32"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 36-54","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 36-54"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 52-14","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 52-14"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 46-50","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 46-50"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 52-8","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 52-8"}]}],"slug":"2019-19-177-agency-for-int-l-development-v-alliance-for-open-society-int-l-inc","term":"2019","title":"Does the anti-prostitution policy apply to foreign affiliates without formal corporate ties?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 33, lines 30-32","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 33, lines 30-32"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 28-24","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 28-24"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 62, lines 34-30","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2019/19-177_p8k0.pdf","page_label":"file page 62, lines 34-30"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}