One of the first orders issued by the White House after President Donald Trump took office was to slash DEI spending by the federal government.
The order was immediately challenged by liberal activists, and the order was put on hold by the lower courts.
In a completely shocking order, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Trump can indeed cut the funding as desired.
Trump’s DEI order was announced on Jan. 20 of this year.
In part, it stated, “The Biden Administration forced illegal and immoral discrimination programs, going by the name “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI), into virtually all aspects of the Federal Government, in areas ranging from airline safety to the military.”
The order continued, “This was a concerted effort stemming from President Biden’s first day in office, when he issued Executive Order 13985, ‘Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.’”
As we fully expected, the order was challenged and started to work its way through the courts.
Trump was surely stunned when U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher said the administration had broken the law by cutting out a host of DEI programs.
I say he was surprised, because Gallagher was one of his own judicial appointees.
Gallagher ruled, "It initiated a sea change in how the Department of Education regulates educational practices and classroom conduct, causing millions of educators to reasonably fear that their lawful, and even beneficial, speech might cause them or their schools to be punished.”
Craig Trainor, the acting assistant secretary of the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, did not support the ruling, stating, "Educational institutions have toxically indoctrinated students with the false premise that the United States is built upon 'systemic and structural racism' and advanced discriminatory policies and practices.”
Needless to say, the idea of funding cuts was not looking promising, considering all the preceding rulings against Trump, but the Supreme Court just announced a decision to allow nearly $800 million in cuts to DEI funding.
This stunned me, as, generally speaking, congressionally approved money cannot be held back once it is approved and signed into law. This overturns the ruling by U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley of Massachusetts, a Joe Biden appointee, who had called the move by the Trump administration "arbitrary and capricious."
The media and left are already having a meltdown over this, calling it an “anti-DEI” push, and I cannot disagree; the difference is that I support the funding cuts.
As I have stated before, I will never support federal spending on programs that are partisan in nature, and these DEI programs were pet projects for Democrats, which only benefited a select few in this country. If a program does not support opportunity for all Americans, regardless of race, creed, color, religion, or political affiliation, it should not be funded with taxpayer dollars, in my opinion.
