A federal judge on Friday declined to block enforcement of provisions in President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), in response to a lawsuit filed by pro-LGBT organizations.
In a 58-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly wrote that the motion that was submitted to the court failed to establish standing, a legal doctrine involving a party’s capacity to bring a lawsuit, for some of the challenged provisions under Trump’s three executive orders that seek to eliminate or reduce DEI.
“The motion before the Court is not about whether DEI policies, however defined in a given context, are good public policy. Nor is it about whether specific DEI initiatives comply with antidiscrimination law,” Kelly wrote in his order. “Instead, it is about whether Plaintiffs have shown that they are entitled to a preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of the executive orders at issue.”…