4th Circuit Lifts Block on Trump Executive Orders Targeting DEI Programs
The 4th Circuit ruled that Trump’s executive orders banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programs can only be challenged through specific agency actions, not broad pre-enforcement suits.
- A federal appeals court lifted a block on President Trump's executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs across federal agencies and government contractors.
- Obama-Appointed Judge Albert Diaz ruled that legal challenges must be brought based on how the orders are enforced in specific cases, rather than broadly challenging the orders.
- The court rejected arguments that the orders infringed on First Amendment rights and failed due process, saying the orders must first be applied before they can be challenged.
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Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Trump’s Orders Curbing DEI
A federal appeals court on Feb. 6 turned away a challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive orders ending so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in the federal government. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned a preliminary injunction issued in February 2025 by U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson in Maryland that partly blocked the executive orders. Abelson found the executive orde…
'DEI is on its deathbed': Appeals court delivers Trump admin massive win · American Wire News
In a major win for sanity, a federal appeals court cleared the way for President Donald J. Trump’s executive orders banning discriminatory Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the government to go into effect. On Friday, the three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, unanimously smacked down Biden-appointed lower court judge Adam Abelson’s effort to obstruct the will of the people by overtur…
Trump gets huge victory when appeals court allows his non-discrimination orders * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link An activist judge at the entry level in America’s federal court system had stopped President Donald Trump from running his own administration. Not anymore. A three-judge panel at the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has acted to overturn the lower court’s decision and is allowing Trump’s orders to eliminate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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