US | Judge: You can’t ban DEI grants without bothering to define DEI
A written ruling details why a judge restored funding for many NIH grants.
A written ruling details why a judge restored funding for many NIH grants.
Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282917/gov.uscourts.mad.282917.163.0.pdf
Any time I hear some one complaine about " Wokeness" or DEI o ask them to define it or which part of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion do they not like.
You get a lot of panicked answers
The most coherent I've heard is some variation of "I don't want underqualified people to get jobs over qualified people simply because of their demographics.
No one has any evidence of this occuring of course. At least not beyond hearsay or a single anecdote about someone they just know was a diversity hire I swear.
Fun fact. Even if with a federal judge, this ruling can only provides relief to the people of Massachusetts now. Only the supreme court can rule any action the United States takes as "nationally unconstitutional" I guess. Good luck getting a federal judge in Texas to rule similarly. What a great system of government.
When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’
