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Posted on 01/09/2026 11:33:16 AM PST by Angelino97
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must stop requiring that grant applications not include terms related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), including the term “pregnant people,” under a new order from a federal judge.
U.S. District Judge Ricardo Martinez, based in Seattle, said in the Jan. 5 ruling that plaintiffs in the case provided examples of harm related to instructions on grant applications from HHS. He ordered the government to stop enforcing a requirement that applicants certify they would not “operate any programs that advance or promote DEI ... or discriminatory equity ideology in violation of Federal anti-discrimination laws,” as well as other agency-wide directives implementing a ban on DEI-related terms in applications.
They are also enjoined from firing any more Office of Head Start employees and closing regional offices.
HHS has said it does not comment on litigation. The decision “ensures that Head Start providers can provide early education to children from diverse communities and backgrounds without the constant threat of being punished simply for following the requirements of the law,” Jennie Mauer, executive director of the Wisconsin Head Start Association, said in a statement...
The lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union over several actions taken by HHS in response to President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20, 2025, executive order banning “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility“ and the “indoctrination of gender ideology.”
HHS, in an updated policy on grants, required applicants to certify they would not operate programs that advance DEI or discriminatory ideology.
According to court filings, HHS later returned applications with instructions to remove certain terms, including the terms “pregnant people,” “chestfeeding,” and “diversity.”
HHS also said that a Head Start center on an American Indian reservation in Washington state should remove eligibility criteria, which prioritized children from Indian families.
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SCOTUS said that these backbenchers have no authority to issue nationwide rulings.
And aren't there any American judges left?
Judges appointed by Seattle city-state officials.
” He is the first Latino judge in the Western District of Washington”
Well. Obviously he is the most fair and qualified judge to rule against all things Trump because he is the first.
Fine, just reject them for a different reason.
go ahead and continue “discriminatory equity ideology in violation of Federal anti-discrimination laws,”
It’s what the judge said.
Break the Law. It’s OK.
I got yer back.
Ok. Then block them all. Give them exactly what they want.
Terminate ALL Head Start grants to Washington State for non-compliance with HHS orders and the Trump executive Order. Ignore this dipwad “judge”, he has no jurisdiction over a Federal Agency per SCOTUS.
Judges making policy no one elected them to make.
This is where the DOJ, HHS etc need to step it up and say, “fine, we will obey this ruling where the Supreme Court says you have jurisdiction, but not nationwide.”
U.S. District Judge Ricardo Martinez, based in Seattle, is another traitor providing aid and comfort to the domestic and foreign enemies of the United States.
Chief Crapweasel Roberts seems to think no one notices the rank partisan-Left behavior of the inferior courts and refuses to apply any discipline.
Well then lets just defund “Head Start.”
If it is being used to promote this kind of ideology then it is less than worthless - another example of money being better used by piling it up and setting it on fire.
How is he not an American? He's not even an immigrant.
His views appear to be unAmerican, however, because he is a Leftist.
If district judges are going to be issuing rulings with national effect, the blue slip policy needs to go. He may be a “Bush appointee” but he would have actually been selected by Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell...and both of them are *still* there.
Of course that would go against us with leftist judges being appointed by Democrats in red states if they get power again...
Just another Leftist judge who is political rather than judicial. Judges like this and others are causing the destruction of faith in our judicial system and the country will pay the price eventually.
It isn't his "adopted" country and that's really stupid on many levels to say, not the least of which that kind of name is of white European origin, so it doesn't even apply or work with your usual racism.
Tell the judge to go sodomize himself with a rusty piece of rebar.
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