A federal judge temporarily blocks parts of Trump's anti-DEI executive orders

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 4:30 PM EDT, March 28, 202


CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing parts of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at curbing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts among federal contractors and grant recipients.

Judge Matthew Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois halted the Labor Department from requiring federal contractors or grant recipients from certifying that they don’t operate any programs in violation of Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders.

That certification provision has stepped up pressure on companies and other organizations to revisit their DEI practices because if the government were to determine they violated the provision, they would be subject to crippling financial penalties under the False Claims Act. Thursday’s ruling is in response to a lawsuit filed last month by Chicago Women in Trades, a nonprofit founded in 1981 that helps prepare women for work in skilled construction trades and has several grants from with the Department of Labor.

The organization argued that the president’s executive orders on DEI are so broad and vague that the organization had no way to ensure compliance, and thus they threaten its core mission. The judge also blocked the Labor Department from freezing or canceling any funding with Chicago Women in Trades, and the Trump administration from pursuing any False Claims Act enforcement against them.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/dei-trump-executive-order-chicago-women-d84ed0d8d77146f27570595513046ae5

[Beartracks]

1. Why do these always say "temporarily blocks"?

Doesn't that just mean "until the Trump regime finds a way to weasel around the technicalities, and then proceed as planned"?

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[spooky3]

2. I'm not a lawyer but I think it is because the judge needs more time to hear all the evidence.

The temporary block says to me that the judge thinks there is some harm (to plaintiffs) in letting the EO go through now, and that there is a good but not necessarily 100% chance that it will be permanently blocked once the trial is completed.

[Beartracks]

3. Okay, I can understand that.

My first thought with this stuff is always the cynical one. LOL

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[spooky3]

4. I hear you! nt