President Trump touted to raucous Republican applause during his State of the Union address this week that "We ended DEI in America."
- A year into Trump's crusade to eradicate "anti-white racism," some of the administration's most ambitious diversity, equity and inclusion rollbacks are stalled in court.
Why it matters: With Congress aligned with the White House, the judiciary has become the primary check for civil rights advocates who argue the administration is distorting long-standing equity laws.