They include dismantling DEI and opposing gender ideology on constitutional grounds.
By Catholics for Catholics
In a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts, a federal judge in California stopped major provisions of his executive orders against DEI initiatives.
According to The Epoch Times, U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar dealt out a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from applying three elements of the orders including the gender promotion provision, the equity termination provision and the gender termination provision. These provisions instructed federal agencies to cut off funding to programs that support DEI initiatives or promote gender ideology.
Tigar found in a June 9th ruling that the provisions probably violate the First and Fifth Amendments, by participating in viewpoint discrimination and pursuing transgender individuals for unfavorable treatment. He also held that defunding programs authorized by Congress may infringe on the constitutional separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches.
“These three funding provisions reflect an effort to censor constitutionally protected speech and services promoting DEI and recognizing the existence of transgender individuals,” Tigar wrote. “These provisions seek to strip funding from programs that serve historically disenfranchised populations in direct contravention of several statutes under which Plaintiffs receive funding.”
According to The Epoch Times, Tigar’s ruling came as a response to a lawsuit filed by a group of nonprofits that include the Los Angeles LGBT Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and other groups that depend on federal grants to provide services like engaging in LGBT advocacy, housing and HIV prevention. Several of the groups said they had already received funding termination notices citing the executive orders.
Nevertheless, Tigar’s injunction leaves intact other aspects of Trump’s directives, including a provision requiring federal grantees to certify that they do not operate DEI programs that violate anti-discrimination law, according to The Epoch Times. The judge refused to block that certification provision, finding that the plaintiffs did not demonstrate it exceeds the scope of existing legal requirements.
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