State of Tennessee v. Becerra

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE STATE OF TENNESSEE, ) ) Case No. 3:23-cv-384 Plaintiff, ) ) Judge Travis R. McDonough v. ) ) Magistrate Judge Jill E. McCook UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ) HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ) XAVIER BECERRA, in his official ) capacity, OFFICE OF POPULATION ) AFFAIRS, and JESSICA S. MARCELLA, ) in her official capacity, ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION For years, Tennessee accepted millions of dollars in federal grant funding to support its family-planning project. These funds were expressly conditioned on the project’s…