A federal judge in Baltimore preliminarily halted the Trump administration from enforcing portions of the president’s sweeping executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs that it considers illegal and discriminatory.
Judge Adam Abelson of the US District Court for the District of Maryland on Friday granted the challengers’ request for a preliminary injunction in part, finding several provisions to be unconstitutionally vague. Others, he said, violate free speech rights.
Abelson, a Biden appointee, focused on mandates for agencies to terminate “equity-related” grants or contracts; for contractors or grantees to certify they aren’t “promoting DEI;" and for the attorney general ...