A preliminary injunction blocking the President’s executive orders on ending federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs has been overturned.
The Trump administration won a major legal victory on Friday when an appeals court lifted an injunction blocking enforcement of the president’s executive orders terminating federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) related contracts and programs.
Newsweek contacted the Department of Justice press office for comment via online inquiry form outside of regular office hours on Saturday.Why It Matters
Since his inauguration on January 20, President Trump has signed an array of executive orders covering topics including DEI, transgender rights and federal employment.
However a number of these have been stalled or blocked outright by the courts with judges ruling this week in two separate cases that probationary employees fired from a number of federal agencies on the Trump administration’s orders should be rehired. As the Republicans control both chambers of Congress the courts have arguably emerged as the main impediment to Trump’s policy agenda.What To Know
On Friday, an appeals court with a three-judge panel, removed a nationwide preliminary injunction to Trump’s executive order regarding the termination of DEI programs which had been imposed by U.
