AmeriCorps Faces Tough Questions Over Trump Anti-DEI Orders

AmeriCorps was pressed by a federal judge Friday to defend its directive conditioning grants on compliance with President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders.

Judge Edward M. Chen asked during a preliminary injunction hearing how the Trump administration could square the anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion measures with some of the statutory language in the National and Community Service Act of 1990, which established AmeriCorps. He pointed to a section instructing the agency to renew the ethic of civic responsibility throughout the “varied and diverse” communities throughout the US.

“It uses the word diverse,” Chen, of the US District Court for the ...