Appeals Court Blocks Trump Administration from Firing 19 Intelligence Officials Assigned to DEI Jobs

A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked the Trump Administration from firing 19 intelligence officers assigned to DEI jobs.

The Virginia-based Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court judge’s injunction requiring the intelligence agencies to provide the officials with an opportunity to be reassigned.

Reuters reported:

A divided federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration could not proceed with firing 19 intelligence officers who had been assigned to positions related to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility initiatives.

A 2-1 panel of the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction that a lower-court judge issued last year requiring the CIA and Office of the Director of National Intelligence to provide them an opportunity to seek reassignment to new positions and appeal their terminations internally.

U.S. Circuit Judge Nicole Berner, writing for the majority, said that among the promises of the U.S. Constitution’s Fifth Amendment “is the requirement that no person be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”

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