A federal appeals court has lifted a block on two executive orders aimed at getting rid of DEI programs.

One executive order directed federal agencies to eliminate DEI policies, and the second EO bans DEI programs for recipients of federal grants. It also orders federal official to push private businesses to end DEI.

This is a giant win not only for President Trump, but for America!

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Reuters reported:

A U.S. appeals court on Friday said the Trump administration could temporarily implement a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs at federal agencies and businesses with government contracts, which had been blocked by a judge.
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.
Politico added:

A federal appeals court has given President Donald Trump’s administration the go-ahead to enforce a pair of controversial executive orders that seek to root out diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at federal agencies and government contractors.

The three-member appeals panel — including two judges appointed by Democratic presidents — lifted a lower court’s injunction that had put the policy on hold last month.

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The ruling Friday from the panel of the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th Circuit Court of Appeals is not a final decision on the legality of Trump’s anti-DEI policy. It merely allows the government to administer the policy while litigation continues.

In separate opinions explaining their votes, the three judges suggested the Trump administration should be allowed to demonstrate that it will abide by anti-discrimination laws and respect First Amendment rights as it implements the executive orders, which Trump issued on the first two days of his new term.

One of the executive orders directs federal agencies to abolish all DEI programs within the federal government. The other order requires recipients of federal grants and contracts to certify that they do not operate unlawful DEI programs, and it directs federal officials to “encourage” the private sector to end DEI.

“The challenged Executive Orders, on their face, are of distinctly limited scope,” wrote Judge Pamela Harris, an appointee of President Joe Biden. “The Executive Orders do not purport to establish the illegality of all efforts to advance diversity, equity or inclusion, and they should not be so understood.”

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