Federal judge upholds Trump admin executive order banning federal contractors’ DEI initiativeshttps://www.campusreform.org/article/federal-judge-upholds-trump-admin-executive-order-banning-federal-contractorsdei-initiatives/30853A federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden declined to temporarily block President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting race-based discrimination by federal contractors.
Campus Reform previously reported on Executive Order 14398, which prohibits contractors working with executive agencies from engaging in “disparate treatment based on race or ethnicity in the recruitment, employment (e.g., hiring, promotions), contracting (e.g., vendor agreements), program participation, or allocation or deployment of an entity’s resources.”
A month after signing the EO, also referred to as the “Contractors Order,” several higher education groups filed a lawsuit challenging the executive order. They claim the Trump administration “views discussion of race and ethnicity as unlawful” and the executive order “sanctions legal, and laudable, expression on race or ethnicity, and in doing so, violates the free speech, free association, and due process rights of plaintiffs and their members.”
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But on Oct. 14th, United States District Judge Adam Abelson denied the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction.
In his decision, Judge Abelson found that the plaintiffs had not shown that they would be likely to win the lawsuit, or that they are “suffering irreparable harm,” two elements which are necessary for a preliminary injunction.
This does not decide the case, but a LIEden-appointed judge stating that the obstructionists had not shown evidence that they would be likely to win, or that they are “suffering irreparable harm,” bodes ill for the obstructionists' effort.
