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The lower court ruling was so bad that two Obama appointees overturned it.
Very good news.
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Very good news.
A Fourth Circuit panel has overturned an injunction that had previously stalled President Donald Trump’s efforts to slash funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the country.
In a 25-page opinion filed Friday, U.S. Chief Circuit Judge Albert Diaz, a Barack Obama appointee, said the plaintiffs had failed to establish that their free speech rights were violated by the president’s executive orders.
The orders do not regulate the private conduct of the grant recipients, which include institutions of higher learning and municipalities, and instead apply to the president’s cabinet, Diaz noted. And while recipients are required to certify compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws to receive funding, Diaz said that was a nonissue since the First Amendment does not confer a right to violate the law.
“President Trump has decided that equity isn’t a priority in his administration and so has directed his subordinates to terminate funding that supports equity-related projects to the maximum extent allowed by law,” Diaz wrote. “Whether that’s sound policy or not isn’t our call. We ask only whether the policy is unconstitutionally vague for funding recipients.”
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In a 25-page opinion filed Friday, U.S. Chief Circuit Judge Albert Diaz, a Barack Obama appointee, said the plaintiffs had failed to establish that their free speech rights were violated by the president’s executive orders.
The orders do not regulate the private conduct of the grant recipients, which include institutions of higher learning and municipalities, and instead apply to the president’s cabinet, Diaz noted. And while recipients are required to certify compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws to receive funding, Diaz said that was a nonissue since the First Amendment does not confer a right to violate the law.
“President Trump has decided that equity isn’t a priority in his administration and so has directed his subordinates to terminate funding that supports equity-related projects to the maximum extent allowed by law,” Diaz wrote. “Whether that’s sound policy or not isn’t our call. We ask only whether the policy is unconstitutionally vague for funding recipients.”
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Fourth Circuit clears path for Trump's DEI crackdown
Despite siding with the administration, U.S. Chief Circuit Judge Albert Diaz expressed concern that DEI grants were being "gutted in the dark."
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