{"id":16356,"date":"2026-06-11T09:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T01:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16356"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T01:06:42","slug":"states-sue-trump-administration-over-anti-dei-terms-in-federal-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16356","title":{"rendered":"States sue Trump administration over anti-DEI terms in federal contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democratic state officials filed a lawsuit on Wednesday claiming federal agencies have flouted the law by hastily implementing President Donald Trump&#8217;s executive \u200border that seeks to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives by federal contractors including many state agencies.<br>The lawsuit, opens new tab in Baltimore federal \u200ccourt by the attorneys general of 19 states and Washington, D.C., claims that more than two dozen federal agencies are adding new terms to federal contracts barring &#8220;any racially discriminatory DEI activities&#8221; without notice or explaining exactly what is prohibited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260611090125.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260611090125.png 621w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260611090125-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump directed agencies to adopt those new terms in a March executive order, part of his broader efforts to eradicate DEI \u200binitiatives.<br>Groups representing university faculty and minority business owners filed a lawsuit in the same court in April claiming Trump&#8217;s order violates contractors&#8217; free-speech \u200brights under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. They have moved for a preliminary injunction that would \u2060block Trump&#8217;s order pending the outcome of the case.<br>Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell in a statement said that the Trump administration was ignoring \u200bits obligations under federal law to make headlines about eliminating diversity efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is yet another example of haphazard actions designed to confuse and intimidate rather \u200bthan provide clear guidance to people and businesses \u2014 in this case federal contractors,\u201d Campbell said. She was joined in the lawsuit by her counterparts in California, Illinois and New Jersey, among other states.<br>The White House and the U.S. Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<br>The lawsuit says state agencies regularly contract with the \u200bfederal government and the states involved in the case collectively hold billions of dollars in existing contracts. Trump&#8217;s order could affect up to \u200b640,000 contracts and subcontracts with over 34,000 unique contractors nationwide, according to federal estimates cited by Campbell&#8217;s office.<br>The state officials allege that the federal agencies implementing Trump&#8217;s order \u200chave violated \u2060the federal Administrative Procedure Act by acting in an arbitrary and capricious manner and failing to seek public comment before adding language from Trump&#8217;s order to federal contracts, and are seeking to block them from imposing the new contract terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Civil rights advocates say DEI practices help address historic inequities for marginalized groups like women, LGBTQ people and racial and ethnic minorities. Trump and many conservatives argue that DEI is discriminatory against groups like white \u200bpeople and men and impedes merit-based \u200bdecision-making.<br>Trump since last year has issued a \u2060series of orders aimed at eliminating DEI programs from the federal government, higher education, government contractors and grant recipients. 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