Judges Thwart Trump’s Anti-DEI Crusade

_WHAT’S HAPPENING_

President Donald Trump is implementing sweeping restrictions on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in public schools by threatening to withhold federal funding from non-compliant institutions. Earlier this month, the Department of Education directed state school systems to certify they are eliminating DEI programs or risk losing Title I funding.

The policy triggered immediate legal challenges, with 19 Democratic-led states filing lawsuits claiming the funding cuts would be "catastrophic." Last week, three federal judges, including two Trump appointees, blocked aspects of the administration's enforcement policy.

_THE FACTS_

On April 23, Trump signed executive orders banning race-based discipline in schools and limiting the use of “disparate impact” theory in government policies.
One of Trump’s executive orders specifically targets higher education accreditation bodies that mandate DEI programs.
The Department of Education urged states to comply with Trump’s orders quickly, or risk lawsuits, civil penalties, and losing federal funds.
A federal judge slammed Trump’s anti-DEI policies, calling them "textbook viewpoint discrimination" and a likely First Amendment violation.
Two Trump-appointed judges also blocked parts of the policy, saying it was too vague and violated federal procedural rules on how to make policy.
A dozen Democrat-led states refused to sign the compliance document by the April 25 deadline, risking billions in federal education funding.
The $13.8 billion at stake mainly supports teachers, counselors, and academic programs in schools for low-income children.
California joined a lawsuit against Trump’s anti-DEI policies, even though its Proposition 209 — approved by voters in the 1990s — bans affirmative action.

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Rich Henke1 year ago

Government schools may need to crash and burn to fix the education problem. Parents need to wake up and pull their kids from public schools and begin home schooling or sending their kids to private schools.

Bob Hrebec1 year ago

So much from hiring practices to disciplinary applications are blatantly tailored to favor blacks. It not only is wrong and unfair to all it is harmful to blacks themselves because it encourages bad behavior and mediocre performance.

sharon smith1 year ago

I'm not sure why doing away with DEI is a 'free speech' issue. Does that mean that students will be prevented from sassing teachers? Or teachers sassing their Admins?? That really did happen in our local elementary school when a principal questioned the ability of one of her teachers. That teacher cussed the principal, lost her job and who knows where that will lead! It seems we're in an 'anti' everything period, following acceptance of Woke-ness. Can't wait to see how all these movements are framed historically!

claude chase1 year ago

All this lawfare, Activism, and fake news against Trump reminds me of a scene from the first star-trek series where an unfair battle was taking place between Kirk and an Monster of an alien. Spock stated that in order for good to win over evil it most usually requires that good must have help. That's where we the people come in, we can "NOT" do nothing while evil keeps cheating, scheming and lying. We need to pitch in, and help win many more seats in the senate so Trumps good attempts can be brought fourth and made into permanent laws !

Joe Busch1 year ago

It's a very sad observation that our judges cannot "reason" lawful practices and have become polluted by the environment in which they find themselves. I think mainstream worldliness has broken the power to think straight.

James G.1 year ago

It’s refreshing if you think about it. The “Liberals” make it so very easy to see their agenda. It’s like they’re trying to hide in the open, or they just have no sense of reality and wonder around the political landscape, like a chicken with no head! They make it easy.

And TY Upward News! I probably voted on prop 209 myself (It was around the famous prop 215 era) and as a Californian, you’re right. We are anti affirmative action….like I said, Newsom is making it easy to find reasons to recall him.

(I feel like saying nasty things but why bother? None of “them” would ever take the time to cross examine their own thinking, ie they’ll never read this.) Sad, just sad…

Laney B1 year ago

Just copy and paste the beginning of your headline and you can fill in the blanks with 6 different things in a heartbeat: JUDGES THWART TRUMP'S _____________

Doug Ebbecke1 year ago

Congress needs to turn several of his executive orders into law! In Trumps first term he suggested the money follow the student so parents wanting their children to get educated and not indoctrinated could send them to a charter school of their choosing.

Carol Feeney 1 year ago

Democrats have gotten away with everything short of murder but Trump is called on the carpet for everything. This is clearly a one sided democracy under the Democratic governance.

Alc Cookeville1 year ago

Since DEI - I prefer the acronym for it to be DIE - has had the effect of suppression of free speech, an invocation of the First Amendment for continuing DEI is beyond stupidly rediculous. Time for public schools to be privatized.

Bernie Peer1 year ago

DEI is discrimination! Should colleges have inly black dorms. The University of Washington does! Should they get special treatment because they were raised in a minority family because they don’t have the same advantage as whites ? Thats the argument. It’s not about skin color it’s about government ruining the minority families so they do not have work , stay at home and have kids by different fathers. That is what has ruined minorities.

Than Johnson1 year ago

Was President Obama’s initiatives challenged in court in 2014? May have solved this much earlier?

David Landwehr1 year ago

Democrats have no principles only a lust for power. Racism is okay if it is the Democrats approved racism. Due process for illegal who are not American citizens, but no due process for J6ers in solitary consignment without due process.