A lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of three nonprofit advocacy organizations argues that a trio of executive orders from President Donald Trump limit the ability to provide health and social services and violate the First Amendment rights of federal grant recipients.
The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, was brought by the Legal Defense Fund and Lambda Legal on behalf of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, the National Urban League and the National Fair Housing Alliance. The lawsuit seeks declaratory and injunctive relief and a jury trial for the three executive orders.
The executive orders target diversity, equity and inclusion programs and would only recognize biological definitions of sex, or the label assigned by medical professionals at birth.
