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“For those disappointed by the outcome,” urged Chief Judge Diaz in his concurrence, “[c]ontinue your critical work… [a]nd depend on the Constitution, which remains a beacon amid the tumult.”
Baltimore, the AAUP, and an association of university diversity officers were not entitled to a preliminary injunction against three provisions of two Trump executive orders that directed agencies to end diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs within federal grant and contract processes, the Fourth Circuit held. The plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge one provision that directs federal agency heads to prepare a plan of specific steps or measures to deter DEI programs or principles. A second provision that calls for federal actors to terminate, among other things, “‘equity-related’ grants or contracts” satisfied the Fifth Amendment’s demand of fair notice and prohibition against arbitrary...
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