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Federal judge blocks Labor Department from enforcing key part of Trump's anti-DEI executive orders
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Federal judge blocks Labor Department from enforcing key part of Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders
The lawsuit is one of several challenging Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI programs in both the private and public sectors. A federal appeals court last month lifted a Baltimore judge’s block on the anti-DEI orders in a similar case.
FILE – President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the White House, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
By ASSOCIATED PRESS | ap@dfmdev.com
UPDATED: April 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM CDT
By CLAIRE SAVAGE and ALEXANDRA OLSON
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the U.S. Department of Labor from requiring government contractors and grant recipients to certify they do not operate any diversity, equity and inclusion programs that run afoul of anti-discrimination laws until further order from the court.
Judge Matthew Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued the ruling in response to a lawsuit filed by Chicago Women in Trades, a nonprofit dedicated to training and retaining women in skilled construction trades that receives several grants from the Department of Labor.
The certification provision is a key part of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at curbing DEI programs because contractors and grant recipients could be subjected to crippling financial penalties under the False Claims Act if they are found in violation of it.
The lawsuit filed by Chicago Women in Trades argued that Trump’s executive orders infringe on First Amendment Rights and are so broad and vague in their definition of what might constitute illegal DEI as to make compliance impossible.
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Federal judge blocks Labor Department from enforcing key part of Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders
The lawsuit is one of several challenging Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI programs in both the private and public sectors. A federal appeals court last month lifted a Baltimore judge’s block on the anti-DEI orders in a similar case.
FILE – President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the White House, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
By ASSOCIATED PRESS | ap@dfmdev.com
UPDATED: April 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM CDT
By CLAIRE SAVAGE and ALEXANDRA OLSON
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the U.S. Department of Labor from requiring government contractors and grant recipients to certify they do not operate any diversity, equity and inclusion programs that run afoul of anti-discrimination laws until further order from the court.
Judge Matthew Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued the ruling in response to a lawsuit filed by Chicago Women in Trades, a nonprofit dedicated to training and retaining women in skilled construction trades that receives several grants from the Department of Labor.
The certification provision is a key part of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at curbing DEI programs because contractors and grant recipients could be subjected to crippling financial penalties under the False Claims Act if they are found in violation of it.
The lawsuit filed by Chicago Women in Trades argued that Trump’s executive orders infringe on First Amendment Rights and are so broad and vague in their definition of what might constitute illegal DEI as to make compliance impossible.
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