A federal judge in Baltimore, who was appointed to her position by President Donald Trump, has dealt a major legal blow to his administration’s efforts to target diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The ruling, made in response to a request for summary judgment, states that the Education Department broke the law by trying to take away federal funding from public schools that keep running these initiatives.
The judge, Stephanie Gallagher, explained in her ruling that while the administration is allowed to have its own opinions, it can’t break the law. Gallagher said, “The administration is entitled to express its viewpoints and to promulgate policies aligned with those viewpoints, but it must do so within the procedural bounds Congress has outlined. And it may not do so at the expense of constitutional rights.”
