Last week saw a whirlwind of disruptions in Washington, D.C., as several U.S. science agencies abruptly shifted their operations to comply with a series of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump. These orders, targeting what Trump refers to as “woke gender ideology,” diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), foreign aid, the “green new deal,” and support for “nongovernmental organizations that undermine the national interest,” prompted agencies to halt new awards, reassess existing grants, freeze grantee access to allocated funds, and suspend grant-review meetings. Additionally, some agencies removed calls for proposals, took down websites, and restricted access to public databases covering now-prohibited topics.
In Mid-America Milling Company v. United States Department of Transportation, Case No. 3:23-cv-00072 (“Mid-America”), the plaintiffs challenged the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) use of a rebuttable presumption when...
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