Judge Scorches Trump Admin in Striking Down DEI Cuts: 'Never Seen Government Racial Discrimination Like This'

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Source: MEDIAite

Jun 16th, 2025, 4:06 pm


A federal judge appointed during the Ronald Reagan era accused President Donald Trump’s administration of racial discrimination for its DEI-driven health cuts. On Monday, Massachusetts U.S. district judge William Young ruled that Trump’s cuts to the National Institutes of Health were “illegal” and “void.” Young ordered the restoration of the grants. The ruling was reported by Politico’s Kyle Cheney, who included more of Young’s comments in a thread on Twitter/X.

“I am hesitant to draw this conclusion, but I have an unflinching obligation to draw it — that this represents racial discrimination,” Young said in his ruling. “And discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That’s what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out.

“It is palpably clear that these directives and the set of terminated grants here also are designed to frustrate, to stop, research that may bear on the health — we’re talking about health here, the health of Americans, of our LGBTQ community. That’s appalling.”

Young added that he had “never seen government racial discrimination like this.” “I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,” he continued. “I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this … I ask myself, how can this be?

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Full headline: Reagan-Appointed Judge Scorches Trump Admin in Striking Down DEI Cuts: ‘Never Seen Government Racial Discrimination Like This’

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YOUNG: "I am hesitant to draw this conclusion, but I have an unflinching obligation to draw it – that this represents racial discrimination. And discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That’s what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out."
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MORE YOUNG: "It is palpably clear that these directives and the set of terminated grants here also are designed to frustrate, to stop, research that may bear on the health – we’re talking about health here, the health of Americans, of our LGBTQ community. That’s appalling."
2:27 PM · Jun 16, 2025

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Kyle Cheney
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YOUNG still going: "I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable. I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this ... I ask myself, how can this be?"
2:30 PM · Jun 16, 2025

Kyle Cheney
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"I have the protection that the founders wrote into the constitution, along with imposing upon me a duty to speak the truth in every case. I try to do that. What if I didn’t have those protections. What if my job was on the line, my profession... Would I have stood up against all this? Would I have said, 'you can’t do this?' You are bearing down on people of color because of their color. The constitution will not permit that."

"Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?"
2:35 PM · Jun 16, 2025

[CousinIT]

1. BlueSky link:

BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2025-06-16T18:23:02.148Z

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2. "That's appalling."

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The Judge is right. THAT is the trump administration.

[wendyb-NC]

3. Good

Everything drump has done needs to be permanently revoked. Including his presidency and administration.

[newdeal2]

4. We are so far gone that Republicans appointed by Bush and Reagan

Are going to have to help us stop this lunatic.

[maspaha]

5. Wasn't Reagan the amnesty president?

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Yes and Democrats have been reminding the GOP about that

for 40 years!

But the MAGats (and teabaggers before them) threw Raygun under the bus a long time ago.

[Polybius]

11. Yes, but I never can understand why though

He just doesn't fit the bill.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Whitehouse walls are going to have more ketchup stains

[andym]

8. Judge William Young: ""Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?"-- echoes of the downfall of Joe McCarthy

in the 50's
"Have you no sense of decency." Joe Walsh

[iemanja]

9. This is in the context of a decision reserving cuts to NIH

A federal judge on Monday declared the Trump administration’s move to cut hundreds of grants issued by the National Institutes of Health illegal, accusing the government of discrimination against minorities and L.G.B.T.Q. individuals.
Ruling from the bench, Judge William G. Young of the Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered the government to restore much of the funding.

Judge Young, a Reagan appointee with 40 years of experience as a federal judge, said the Trump administration’s rationale for canceling the grants, which support research into topics such as gender identity and equity in health care, appeared to be rooted in prejudice. He noted the administration’s efforts to eliminate any trace of diversity and equity initiatives from the federal government, as well as its attacks on transgender people.

He said that throughout his career he had “never seen government racial discrimination like this,” and that he felt duty bound to state his conclusion about the government’s intent.

https://archive.ph/SJO6g#selection-697.0-709.181

[SoFlaBro]

10. "How can this be?"!? Because Orange Bastard is a fucking shitbird along with the whole bag of piss soaked MAGA turds.

[OhioBack2Blue]

12. Now restore the Department of Education Grants!

Especially all the ones for people with disabilities as authorized by the ADA!