⚖ Oral Arguments, with Context

The Pride Center of Terre Haute, an Indiana nonprofit supporting the LGBTQ community, challenges the loss of student workers funded through Indiana State University. Students worked at the Center while the university paid their wages through work-study programs. The Center required applicants to be affirming of the LGBTQ community and culturally responsive. In August 2025, the university ended the partnership, citing federal anti-discrimination guidance and concern about the hiring criteria. The Center sued two university officials and sought a temporary court order restoring the funding. The district judge denied that request, finding that the preliminary record did not show likely discrimination against the Center's viewpoint. That was not a final ruling on the lawsuit. This appeal asks whether ending the partnership unlawfully punished the Center's views and choice of staff, or was a permissible funding decision. Kenneth Falk will represent the Center and contend that the university cannot condition support on abandoning its message.

Pride Center of Terre Haute v. ISU Officials (No. 26-1144) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, argued October 1, 2026.