US taxpayers should not have to fund DEI in California

Judge William Orrick strikes again.The Barack Obama-appointed judge for the Northern District of California has blocked the Trump administration from cutting off federal grants to cities that use discriminatory “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) policies.Think about that for a minute.

A judge has ruled that American taxpayers have to keep giving grants to local governments that practice DEI, after the executive branch has determined the policy is both “illegal and immoral.”DEI uses race, gender, sexuality and a variety of other labels to distinguish among Americans.Under Joe Biden, it became a legally sanctioned (or legally required) form of reverse discrimination.Orrick says that the federal grants — which pay for a variety of public services — have nothing to do with the administration’s effort to end DEI.But money is fungible.

If a local government has federal money to cover fire safety, it can spend its own money on other things — like racial bean-counting and left-wing propaganda.Orrick says that Congress, not the president, should control spending.But that spending is allocated to federal agencies, which have discretion over which programs are funded and which are not.

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By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story Besides, the president took an oath to defend the Constitution.

He has a duty to prevent money from being spent to promote racism and sexism.Orrick is a repeat offender.In the first year of Trump’s first term, he blocked Trump’s effort to cut off funding to “sanctuary” cities.And yet the federal courts tell us that immigration is a federal power that the states cannot touch.

So why can states defy federal immigration law? And when they do, why can’t Trump punish them?It defies logic to allow a lowly federal j...