An activist federal judge in Boston has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration could not make cuts to the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) far-left research grants.
U.S. District Judge William Young said that eliminating research grants for “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) is “void and illegal,” NBC News reported.
The judge believes that the administration had no authority to cancel the $1 billion in federal research grants.
The remedy was to reinstate the grants, which will be returned to the plaintiffs, including organizations and Democrat-led states that initiated the lawsuit.
“This represents racial discrimination and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community,” Young falsely claimed.
“Any discrimination by our government is so wrong that it requires the court to enjoin it, and at an appropriate time, I’m going to do it.”
Young’s decision had blindsided Trump because the judge is an appointee of President Ronald Reagan.
He said that he had “never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable” in his 40 years on the bench.
“You are bearing down on people of color because of their color,” the judge inaccurately alleged.
“The Constitution will not permit that.”
Trump and his administration have fought against racist DEI initiatives