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Trump Scores Massive Victory As Appeals Court Lifts Injunction On His DEI 
Order

President Donald Trump has scored a key victory in his quest to end 
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs in the federal government.

On Friday, an appeals court nixed a lower court's injunction against the 
president's executive order to end DEI programs funded with federal tax 
dollars.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Richmond, Va., lifted the 
nationwide injunction that was imposed by U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson, a 
Biden appointee, in Baltimore, NBC News reported.

The three-judge panel said that the president's orders, which included having 
the Department of Justice investigate companies that utilize DEI policies, 
were likely constitutional.

But two of the three judges said they did not agree with the substance of the 
president's orders and that those who implement them may be violating the 
Constitution.

"Despite the vitriol now being heaped on DEI, people of good faith who work 
to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion deserve praise, not opprobrium," 
Circuit Judge Albert Diaz said in his opinion, though that appeared to have 
nothing to do with the law as District Judge Allison Rushing, a Trump 
appointee, noted in her opinion.

"A judge's opinion that DEI programs 'deserve praise, not opprobrium" should 
play absolutely no part in deciding this case," she wrote.

In February, Attorney General Pam Bondi ended federal lawsuits that the Biden 
administration had filed against local police and fire departments over their 
merit-based hiring policies.

Under the Biden administration, the DOJ's Office of Civil Rights had sued 
local first responders for prioritizing merit in hiring rather than making 
decisions based on race, Just the News reported.

"Despite no evidence of intentional discrimination - only statistical 
disparities - the prior administration branded the aptitude tests at issue in 
these cases as discriminatory in an effort to advance a DEI agenda," the DOJ 
said in a news release.

"And it sought to coerce cities into conducting DEI-based hiring in response 
and spending millions of dollars in taxpayer funds for payouts to previous 
applicants who had scored lower on the tests, regardless of qualifications," 
the news release added.

President Donald Trump signed executive orders ending Diversity, Equity, and 
Inclusion (DEI) policies within the federal government, and Bondi's decision 
this week marks the latest development in the ongoing effort to roll back DEI 
initiatives under the new administration.

Bondi's office stated that DEI policies pose a threat to public safety and 
indicated that dismissing the cases represents an "an early step toward 
eradicating illegal DEI preferences across the government and in the private 
sector."

"American communities deserve firefighters and police officers to be chosen 
for their skill and dedication to public safety - not to meet DEI quotas," 
Bondi said.

The proposed consent decrees typically acknowledged that the departments used 
neutral selection criteria, such as credit checks, written exams, and 
physical fitness tests, to evaluate candidates for open positions. However, 
White men tended to achieve higher scores or perform better on these 
assessments, Fox News added.

For instance, a lawsuit filed in October against the City of Durham, North 
Carolina, alleged "unintentional" discrimination against Black applicants, 
citing that they failed to meet the required 70% passing score on the written 
exam at a lower rate than White candidates, resulting in fewer Black hires.

As a remedy, the complaint proposed eliminating the neutral written test and 
providing "back pay and/or preferential hiring" for Black candidates who were 
not selected due to their exam performance. The estimated cost of these 
measures was approximately $980,000 in monetary relief.

In a separate case filed against the Maryland State Police in October 2024, 
it was proposed that the agency discontinue its current selection methods, 
which included a written test requiring a score of 70% or higher and a 
physical assessment consisting of push-ups, sit-ups, a flexibility reach, a 
trigger pull, and a 1.5-mile run, Fox added.

"Because Black applicants passed the test less often than White applicants 
and because women passed the physical test less often than men, the Civil 
Rights Division concluded that Maryland was illegally discriminating against 
Black applicants and women," a filing in the case said.

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