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- 内容摘要
- 各机构禁止“带有种族歧视性的多元化、公平性与包容性举措”
- 20个州表示，政府未解释该条款具体含义
- 特朗普下令在政府及私营部门全面禁止多元化、公平性与包容性举措
6月10日（路透社）——民主党州官员周三提起诉讼，指控联邦机构仓促执行唐纳德·特朗普总统的行政令，违反了法律规定。该行政令旨在取消包括众多州级机构在内的联邦承包商的多元化、公平性与包容性（DEI）相关举措。
这场由19个州和华盛顿哥伦比亚特区的总检察长向巴尔的摩联邦法院提起的诉讼指出，已有超过24个联邦机构在联邦合同中新增条款，禁止“任何带有种族歧视性的多元化、公平性与包容性活动”，但既未提前发布通知，也未明确说明哪些行为属于被禁止的范畴。
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特朗普在3月的一项行政令中指示各机构采用此类新合同条款，这是他全面取缔多元化、公平性与包容性举措的整体计划的一部分。
代表大学教职员工和少数族裔企业主的团体于4月在同一法院提起诉讼，称特朗普的行政令违反了美国宪法第一修正案赋予承包商的言论自由权利。该团体已申请初步禁令，要求在案件审理期间暂停执行特朗普的行政令。
马萨诸塞州总检察长安德里亚·乔伊·坎贝尔在一份声明中表示，特朗普政府为了在取消多元化举措方面制造舆论，无视其根据联邦法律应尽的义务。
“这又一次体现了这种随意行事的做法，其目的是制造混乱和恐吓，而非向相关人员和企业提供明确指导——在本案中，受影响的是联邦承包商，”坎贝尔说道。与她一同提起诉讼的还有加利福尼亚州、伊利诺伊州、新泽西州等其他州的总检察长。
白宫和美国司法部未立即回应置评请求。
诉讼称，州级机构经常与联邦政府签订合同，涉案各州合计持有数十亿美元的现有联邦合同。根据坎贝尔办公室援引的联邦估算数据，特朗普的行政令可能会影响全国范围内超过34万家独立承包商的64万份合同和分包合同。
州官员指控，执行特朗普行政令的联邦机构违反了《联邦行政程序法》，行事专断武断，且在将特朗普行政令中的条款加入联邦合同前未征求公众意见。州方请求法院禁止政府实施这些新的合同条款。
民权倡导者表示，多元化、公平性与包容性举措有助于解决女性、 LGBTQ群体以及少数族裔等边缘化群体长期面临的不平等问题。特朗普和众多保守派人士则认为，这类举措对白人、男性等群体存在歧视，且妨碍了基于择优原则的决策制定。
自去年以来，特朗普已发布一系列行政令，旨在取消联邦政府、高等教育机构、联邦承包商以及拨款受助方的多元化、公平性与包容性项目。他还废除了民主党前总统林登·约翰逊1965年发布的一项行政令，该命令要求联邦承包商采取平权行动，雇佣少数族裔和女性。
本案案号为：Maryland v. Hegseth，马里兰州地区联邦法院，No. 1:26-cv-02322。
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States sue Trump administration over anti-DEI terms in federal contracts
2026-06-10 22:43:54 / Reuters
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- Summary
- Agencies are prohibiting ‘racially discriminatory DEI’
- But they haven’t explained what that means, 20 states say
- Trump orders call for DEI bar in government, private sector
June 10 (Reuters) – Democratic state officials filed a lawsuit on Wednesday claiming federal agencies have flouted the law by hastily implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives by federal contractors including many state agencies.
The lawsuit, opens new tab in Baltimore federal court by the attorneys general of 19 states and Washington, D.C., claims that more than two dozen federal agencies are adding new terms to federal contracts barring “any racially discriminatory DEI activities” without notice or explaining exactly what is prohibited.
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Trump directed agencies to adopt those new terms in a March executive order, part of his broader efforts to eradicate DEI initiatives.
Groups representing university faculty and minority business owners filed a lawsuit in the same court in April claiming Trump’s order violates contractors’ free-speech rights under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. They have moved for a preliminary injunction that would block Trump’s order pending the outcome of the case.
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell in a statement said that the Trump administration was ignoring its obligations under federal law to make headlines about eliminating diversity efforts.
“This is yet another example of haphazard actions designed to confuse and intimidate rather than provide clear guidance to people and businesses — in this case federal contractors,” Campbell said. She was joined in the lawsuit by her counterparts in California, Illinois and New Jersey, among other states.
The White House and the U.S. Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The lawsuit says state agencies regularly contract with the federal government and the states involved in the case collectively hold billions of dollars in existing contracts. Trump’s order could affect up to 640,000 contracts and subcontracts with over 34,000 unique contractors nationwide, according to federal estimates cited by Campbell’s office.
The state officials allege that the federal agencies implementing Trump’s order have violated the federal Administrative Procedure Act by acting in an arbitrary and capricious manner and failing to seek public comment before adding language from Trump’s order to federal contracts, and are seeking to block them from imposing the new contract terms.
Civil rights advocates say DEI practices help address historic inequities for marginalized groups like women, LGBTQ people and racial and ethnic minorities. Trump and many conservatives argue that DEI is discriminatory against groups like white people and men and impedes merit-based decision-making.
Trump since last year has issued a series of orders aimed at eliminating DEI programs from the federal government, higher education, government contractors and grant recipients. He also repealed an executive order issued by Democratic former President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 requiring federal contractors to take affirmative action to hire minorities and women.
The case is Maryland v. Hegseth, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, No. 1:26-cv-02322.
For the states: James Luh of the Maryland Attorney General’s Office; Alexis Piazza of the California Attorney General’s Office; Paul Berks of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office; and others
For the federal government: Not yet available
Reporting by Daniel Wiessner in Albany, New York
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Dan Wiessner (@danwiessner) reports on labor and employment and immigration law, including litigation and policy making. He can be reached at daniel.wiessner@thomsonreuters.com.
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