On Friday evening, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary pause of a judge’s recent ruling that blocks President Trump’s executive order (EO) banning DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) practices taking place in government departments and being written into government contracts.
Some on the panel of judges reportedly did so grudgingly:
The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the directives by President Donald Trump, including an order urging the Department of Justice to investigate companies with DEI policies, were likely constitutional, disagreeing with a February ruling by a federal judge in Maryland.
But two of the three judges on the 4th Circuit panel wrote separately they did not agree with the substance of Trump’s orders and that agencies that implement them may risk violating the U.S. Constitution.
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