February 22, 2025
Judge Blocks Trump EO on DEI (Again)
Timothy Birdnow
They just keep pulling this.
Judge Partially Blocks Trump's Orders Curbing DEI Programs
How does a group called National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education have any credibility? Such a group should not even exist, at least not one publicly funded.
FTA:
Interesting; the Federal government uses the withholding of government money all the time to compel obedience to their political and philosophical viewpoint. Anyone remember the 55 mph speed limit? The Feds forcing all states to raise their drinking age to 21? The Feds compeling states to lower their minimum alcohol tolerance to 0.8% for DUI arrests? All of these were predicated on the theory that the Feds had the power to do this.
And this is not about free speech in any fashion; they are free to speak as they please. What they aren't free to do is stick their grubby paws in taxpayer pockets to do so.
And Trump was merely restoring the old order; this was necessary because Biden had used executive orders to create mandates in the first place.
The article points out:
So it's fine for Joe Biden to compel DEIA but not for Trump to decompel it (to coin a phrase).
This will probably be overturned on appeal; it's just a way to slow the juggernaut down. But maybe not; you can never tell with the courts.
The judge tried to argue the order is too vague and compared it to road repair where he argued if you repair roads in poor neighborhoods before wealthy ones is that DEI? But that is just foolish horsepoop and that guy knows it. This was very specific.
We need to start impeaching judges, lots of them. This guy is one.
They just keep pulling this.
Judge Partially Blocks Trump's Orders Curbing DEI Programs
How does a group called National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education have any credibility? Such a group should not even exist, at least not one publicly funded.
FTA:
"The plaintiffs are the City of Baltimore, and higher education groups that receive federal funding. They filed a lawsuit against the administration earlier in the month claiming the executive orders went beyond the president’s powers and chill free speech.
"What’s happening is an overcorrection and pulling back on DEI statements,” Aleshadye Getachew, a plaintiff’s attorney, said at a court hearing on Feb. 19.
The Trump administration has taken the position that the president is taking aim only at DEI programs that run afoul of federal civil rights laws and that he may make spending decisions based on his policy priorities.
"The government doesn’t have the obligation to subsidize plaintiffs’ exercise of speech,” said U.S. Department of Justice attorney Pardis Gheibi.
According to the complaint, Trump is attempting to "erase diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility from our country.” The president is not allowed to "usurp Congress’s exclusive power of the purse, nor can he silence those who disagree with him by threatening them with the loss of federal funds and other enforcement actions.”
Executive Order 14151 directs the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Justice to "coordinate the termination of all discriminatory programs,” including "illegal DEI and ‘diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility’ (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities in the Federal Government, under whatever name they appear.”"
"What’s happening is an overcorrection and pulling back on DEI statements,” Aleshadye Getachew, a plaintiff’s attorney, said at a court hearing on Feb. 19.
The Trump administration has taken the position that the president is taking aim only at DEI programs that run afoul of federal civil rights laws and that he may make spending decisions based on his policy priorities.
"The government doesn’t have the obligation to subsidize plaintiffs’ exercise of speech,” said U.S. Department of Justice attorney Pardis Gheibi.
According to the complaint, Trump is attempting to "erase diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility from our country.” The president is not allowed to "usurp Congress’s exclusive power of the purse, nor can he silence those who disagree with him by threatening them with the loss of federal funds and other enforcement actions.”
Executive Order 14151 directs the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Justice to "coordinate the termination of all discriminatory programs,” including "illegal DEI and ‘diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility’ (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities in the Federal Government, under whatever name they appear.”"
Interesting; the Federal government uses the withholding of government money all the time to compel obedience to their political and philosophical viewpoint. Anyone remember the 55 mph speed limit? The Feds forcing all states to raise their drinking age to 21? The Feds compeling states to lower their minimum alcohol tolerance to 0.8% for DUI arrests? All of these were predicated on the theory that the Feds had the power to do this.
And this is not about free speech in any fashion; they are free to speak as they please. What they aren't free to do is stick their grubby paws in taxpayer pockets to do so.
And Trump was merely restoring the old order; this was necessary because Biden had used executive orders to create mandates in the first place.
The article points out:
"President Joe Biden used the DEIA acronym in Executive Order 14035 signed June 25, 2021, which required each federal agency to appoint a chief diversity officer or a diversity and inclusion officer. Accessibility in this context means "federal workspaces must be fully accessible to employees with disabilities,” according to the Access Board’s website.
The Office of Personnel Management was tasked with creating a plan for implementing DEIA across the agencies, the Congressional Research Service reported in June 2024. Trump rescinded Executive Order 14035 when he signed Executive Order 14148 on Jan. 20.
Trump’s Executive Order 14173 targets "dangerous, demeaning, and immoral race- and sex-based preferences under the guise of so-called ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ (DEI) or ‘diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility’ (DEIA) that can violate the civil-rights laws of this Nation.”'
The Office of Personnel Management was tasked with creating a plan for implementing DEIA across the agencies, the Congressional Research Service reported in June 2024. Trump rescinded Executive Order 14035 when he signed Executive Order 14148 on Jan. 20.
Trump’s Executive Order 14173 targets "dangerous, demeaning, and immoral race- and sex-based preferences under the guise of so-called ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ (DEI) or ‘diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility’ (DEIA) that can violate the civil-rights laws of this Nation.”'
So it's fine for Joe Biden to compel DEIA but not for Trump to decompel it (to coin a phrase).
This will probably be overturned on appeal; it's just a way to slow the juggernaut down. But maybe not; you can never tell with the courts.
The judge tried to argue the order is too vague and compared it to road repair where he argued if you repair roads in poor neighborhoods before wealthy ones is that DEI? But that is just foolish horsepoop and that guy knows it. This was very specific.
We need to start impeaching judges, lots of them. This guy is one.
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