DEI Officers Claim Trump Orders Threaten Free Speech in New Suit
Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 20.
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President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting allegedly discriminatory DEI programs in business, higher education, and elsewhere should be blocked for infringing on First Amendment and due process rights, a group of challengers said in a new federal lawsuit.
Groups representing university diversity officers, college professors, and restaurant workers, along with Baltimore city officials, sued Trump and multiple federal agencies Monday in the US District Court for the District of Maryland.