Trump’s anti-DEI orders can proceed after appeals courts ends block
President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, in November 2022. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/The Associated Press)
A preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s executive orders to withhold federal funding for diversity, equity and inclusion grants and contracts was lifted by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond, Virginia, on Friday.
4th Circuit Chief Judge Albert Diaz wrote the decision for the three-judge panel, noting that the orders to cut DEI programs likely do not violate Fifth Amendment due process rights, according to coverage on Law.com.
Groups challenging the orders include the American Association of University Professors, the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education and the city of Baltimore.
“President Trump has decided that equity isn’t a priority in his administration and so has directed his subordinates to terminate funding that supports equity-related projects to the maximum extent allowed by law,” Diaz added. “Whether that’s sound policy or not isn’t our call. We ask only whether the policy is unconstitutionally vague for funding recipients.”
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