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US | Judge: You can’t ban DEI grants without bothering to define DEI (arstechnica.com)

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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

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[–] apftwb@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

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.