Judge Slams Brake On President Trump’s DEI Purge

In a legal plot twist, a U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson has hit the pause button on President Trump’s DEI purge.

By issuing a preliminary injunction, Abelson suggests that the executive orders might not be in line with the

Constitution.

Especially concerning free speech. But I doubt that’s his real reasoning. Free speech isn’t kosher to them.

While the Trump administration shifts us back to a merit based system, there’s still those dragging their feet

as we enter a new era.

The old guard has to go.

For now, DEI programs are on life support, so this is far from over.

Federal Judge Sides with Woke Agenda, Blocks Trump’s Orders to End Taxpayer-Funded DEI Scam

READ: https://t.co/cVqOpaHxQf pic.twitter.com/GDBAlwuaCc

— The Gateway Pundit (@gatewaypundit) February 22, 2025

The Guardian reports:

A federal judge in Maryland on Friday temporarily blocked Donald Trump from implementing bans on diversity, equity and inclusion programs at federal agencies and by businesses that contract with the federal government.

US district judge Adam Abelson said the directives by Trump and an order urging the Department of Justice to investigate companies with DEI policies likely violate the first amendment of the US constitution.

“The White House and attorney general have made clear, through their ongoing implementation of various aspects of the J21 order, that viewpoints and speech considered to be in favor of or supportive of DEI or DEIA are viewpoints the government wishes to punish and, apparently, attempt to extinguish,” Abelson wrote in one widely shared passage.

Judge Adam Abelson? What’s that, Irish? ☘️

— David Santa Carla 🦇 (@TheOnlyDSC) February 22, 2025

The Hill adds:

In court, the administration has pushed back on the plaintiff’s claims, saying the orders were forged in adherence with the current legislation in place.

“Plaintiffs, who have easily established their standing to bring this case and irreparable harm, have shown they are likely to prove the Termination and Enforcement Threat Provisions are unconstitutionally vague on their face,” Abelson said in a Friday opinion.

The judge said it is not just the “vagueness” of the challenged provisions that makes them unconstitutional, writing later that the most “‘blatant’ and ‘egregious form of content discrimination’ is viewpoint discrimination.”

ADVERTISEMENT

Abelson’s Friday ruling does not prevent the Department of Justice from compiling and probing schools and corporations’ DEI efforts, but it prevents enforcement.