20 Attorneys General File Lawsuit Challenging Federal Contractor DEI Order

Twenty attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Wednesday (Maryland, et al. v. Hegseth et al.) challenging the March 26 executive order regarding diversity, equity and inclusion programs among federal contractors.

The lawsuit alleges that President Donald Trump’s executive order impedes each state’s efforts to prevent racial discrimination and is unclear in what it prohibits. “Neither the Executive Order nor agency actions implementing it have provided any useful explanation of whether or how the contract term imposes requirements different from existing provisions of law,” the lawsuit alleges.

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