Coalitions Are Forming to Fight Trump’s Ban on DEI in Higher Education
“They want a judge to declare that the executive orders are unconstitutional and to block the government from further enforcement.”
The left doesn’t care about diversity, they see the loss of DEI policies as a loss of political power, which they care very much about.
Inside Higher Ed reports:
Higher Ed Fights Back Against Trump’s DEI Order
College professors and university diversity officers are teaming up with nonprofits and local governments to challenge President Trump’s executive orders that target diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government, higher education and the private sector. Those orders, they argue, violate the U.S. Constitution and have already caused much uncertainty on college campuses.
The American Association of University Professors, the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education and other groups argue in a lawsuit filed Monday that the orders exceed executive legal authority, violate both the First and Fifth Amendments, and threaten academic freedom and access to higher education for all. They want a judge to declare that the executive orders are unconstitutional and to block the government from further enforcement.
“In the United States, there is no king,” the plaintiffs say in the 40-page complaint. “In his crusade to erase diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility from our country, President Trump cannot usurp Congress’s exclusive power of the purse, nor can he silence those who disagree with him by threatening them with the loss of federal funds and other enforcement actions.”
Filed in the U.S. District Court in Maryland, the lawsuit is the first to target the DEI-related orders. Numerous states and nonprofits, however, have sued the Trump administration to challenge other executive actions taken during the president’s first two weeks in office, including his attempt to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans.
The academic organizations involved in this DEI case are represented by Democracy Forward, the same pro bono legal group that was first to successfully challenge the federal funding freeze. Asian Americans Advancing Justice, another nonprofit civil rights group, also is representing the plaintiffs.
The executive orders at issue in this lawsuit aim to end what Trump sees as “illegal discrimination” and “wasteful” programs. Institutions that don’t comply could face financial penalties or federal investigations.
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Form some coalitions to fight The Constitution of the United States, too, geniuses.
““In the United States, there is no king,” the plaintiffs say in the 40-page complaint.”
There has been for the past four years, so shut your pie-holes.
“They want a judge to declare that the executive orders are unconstitutional and to block the government from further enforcement.”
Oh, this is rich. They want a judge to declare unconstitutional an executive order banning the use of an unconstitutional policy.