Yesterday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and co-counsel Lambda Legal filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in National Urban League v. Trump, a federal lawsuit challenging three executive orders by President Trump banning diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility and erasing transgender people from public life.
The motion asks the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to stop the Trump Administration from implementing and enforcing the executive orders until their legal claims are resolved.
In National Urban League v. Trump filed on February 19, the plaintiffs National Urban League, National Fair Housing Alliance, and AIDS Foundation of Chicago allege that the administration is violating the organizations’ rights to free speech and due process and is engaging in intentional discrimination by issuing and enforcing the anti-equity and anti-gender orders.
If the court takes swift action on the request for relief, the organizations can safely continue serving the communities most in need of their services without fear of losing federal funds or abandoning their organizational missions.
A copy of the motion filed is available here.
You can learn more about NUL v. Trump here.