Federal Court Issues Partial Preliminary Injunction Halting Enforcement of DEI-Related Executive Orders

Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Federal DEI Bans Citing Free Speech

Last week, a federal judge temporarily blocked Donald Trump's executive orders to cut federal support for DEI, ruling that they likely violate the First Amendment.

Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration’s Anti-Equity Executive Orders - Local Progress

In January, the Trump Administration issued executive orders attacking diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility policies throughout government and the private sector. These anti-DEIA EOs are racist, sexist, classist, and ableist policies that threaten all equity-related grants and contracts funded by the federal government. In response, the City of Baltimore, MD and other plaintiffs sued the Trump Administration (National Association of D…

“Red Light, Green Light”: Federal Court Blocks Trump’s DEI Executive Orders

On February 21, 2025, a U.S. District Court judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of key provisions of the Trump administration’s executive orders terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) grants, contracts, and initiatives. This ruling is the first—and likely not the last—in a series of challenges and the final outcome is likely to have a significant impact on employers.

Federal Court Issues Partial Preliminary Injunction Halting Enforcement of DEI-Related Executive Orders

[This post has been re-published from Proskauer’s “Law in the Workplace” blog: Federal Court Issues Partial Preliminary Injunction Halting Enforcement of DEI-Related EOs | Law and the Workplace.] On February 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction pausing enforcement of several provisions of President Trump’s DEI-related executive orders on Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs…

Maryland Federal District Court Preliminarily Blocks Key Provisions of Trump Anti-DEI Orders // Cooley // Global Law Firm

Maryland Judge Halts Enforcement of Trump’s Anti-DEI Executive Orders

A Baltimore judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction on Friday, February 21, that halted the enforcement of President Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders (EOs). Earlier this month, the city of Baltimore and higher education groups sued the Trump administration in National Association of Higher Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump (Case No. 1:25-cv-00333-ABA), currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryl…