A three-judge panel on the Richmond, Va.-based Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously found that Maryland federal judge Adam B. Abelson erred in granting a preliminary injunction blocking the order.
Justice Department attorneys have argued that the DEI programs and initiatives ran afoul of federal civil rights legislation.
Trump signed the first DEI-related order in a flurry of Day One executive actions. It directed federal departments and agents to cut “equity-related” grants and contracts.