'The opposite of diversity is segregation': Judge castigates Trump over anti-DEI policies, but says he cannot intervene

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2. This judge granted a preliminary injunction

It was stayed pending appeal by a three judge panel of the fourth circuit -- two Obama judges and one Trump judge. The district court judge was asked to vacate its original ruling and allow the plaintiffs a do-over so they could get a new preliminary injunction. Such a request is rarely granted and wouldn't change things in the long run -- there would be no preliminary injunction in place while the new request was litigated and as soon as the new injunction was granted -- which I'm certain the district judge you are castigating would grant -- it would be stayed again by the court of appeals. In short, the result would be a delay in getting a decision with the EO still in effect.

I'm curious what you think the district court judge in this case should have done differently.