The Trump administration’s sweeping executive orders seeking to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs across the federal government and private sector have temporarily been put on hold, after a federal judge in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit from civic and educational groups challenging the policies.
In a ruling on Friday, Judge Adam B. Adelson held that the challengers had shown they had viable First and Fifth Amendment concerns about the orders, which eliminated all federal spending on DEI programs and barred those getting government funds from engaging in such work, regardless of whether the government was funding such programs.
