US EditionFederal judge blocks Labor Department from enforcing key part of Trump's anti-DEI executive orders
- Judge Kennelly issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday against the Labor Department's DEI certification rule.
- Trump's executive orders, intended to limit DEI programs, included the certification requirement for contractors.
- Chicago Women in Trades challenged the order, arguing it infringed on First Amendment rights.
- The judge noted it is "anything but obvious" what defines government's view of "illegal DEI programs".
- The injunction prevents Labor from enforcing the certification, protecting a grant for women in trades.
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Book purges at Fort Campbell, other schools run by Defense Department challenged as unconstitutional
The First Amendment rights of students at Department of Defense schools are being violated by removal of library books about Black history, alleges the American Civil Liberties Union in a lawsuit against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others. (Getty Images)Kentucky students are part of a federal lawsuit challenging U.S. Department of Defense policies that led to schools at Fort Campbell and other military bases removing books about slavery a…
Statement from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on the preliminary injunction issued in CWIT case regarding anti-DEI Executive Orders
Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a preliminary injunction in the case brought by Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) challenging anti-DEI executive orders. The injunction enjoins the Department of Labor from requiring grantees and contractors nationwide to certify that they do not operate DEI programs to receive funding and from canceling CWIT’s Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) …
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