Judge Keeps Trump Anti-DEI Orders Blocked While Appeal Proceeds

A federal judge declined to lift an order blocking portions of Trump executive orders limiting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs while the administration appeals the case.

The government hasn’t shown a strong likelihood of success to justify a stay on the preliminary injunction issued Feb. 21, Judge Adam Abelson of the US District Court for the District of Maryland wrote Monday.

A consideration of the “balance of harms” and the “public interest” also weigh against a stay, said Abelson, a Biden appointee. Additionally, he declined to limit the scope of the injunction to cover only the members of the plaintiffs—which ...