Judge declines to block parts of Trump gender, DEI executive orders

A federal judge on Friday declined to block the enforcement of key provisions in President Trump’s executive orders involving diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and gender in a challenge by three civil and human rights organizations.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly denied the advocacy groups’ request for a preliminary injunction, which would have prohibited the Trump administration from implementing parts of three executive orders against the challengers.

The judge said they failed to establish standing for half of the challenged provisions, and on the other provisions, their constitutional claims “falter for various reasons.”

“The motion before the Court is not about whether DEI policies, however defined in a given context, are good public policy. Nor is it about whether specific DEI initiatives comply with antidiscrimination law,” Kelly wrote in a 58-page order. “Instead, it is about whether Plaintiffs have shown that they are entitled to a preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of the executive orders at issue.

“Because they are not likely to prevail on the merits, the Court will deny the motion,” he said.

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