联邦法官周三拒绝阻止唐纳德·特朗普总统的一项举措，该举措旨在取消与美国政府有业务往来的公司的多元化、公平与包容（DEI）计划。
A federal judge declined on Wednesday to block an effort by President Donald Trump to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives by companies that do business with the US government.
马里兰州巴尔的摩的美国地区法官亚当·阿贝尔森表示，代表大学教职员工和少数族裔企业主的团体未能证明这位共和党总统于3月签署的行政命令过于宽泛。
US District Judge Adam Abelson in Baltimore, Maryland, said that groups representing university faculty and minority business owners had failed to show a March executive order by the Republican president was too broad.
特朗普的行政命令禁止联邦承包商从事“种族歧视性的DEI活动”，并要求他们以书面形式证明合规。不合规的企业可能会失去合同，并因违反联邦《虚假索赔法》而接受调查。
Trump's order bars "racially discriminatory DEI activities" by federal contractors and requires them to certify their compliance in writing. Businesses that do not comply could lose contracts and be investigated for violating the federal False Claims Act.
起诉团体在诉讼中主张，特朗普的行政命令错误地预设所有DEI都构成非法种族歧视，并延伸至受美国宪法保护的言论。但阿贝尔森表示，该命令对非法行为的定义更为狭窄。
The groups in their lawsuit claim that Trump's order wrongly presumes that all DEI amounts to illegal racial discrimination and extends to speech protected by the US Constitution. But Abelson said its definition of unlawful conduct was narrower.
阿贝尔森写道：“‘承包商行政命令’仅禁止承包商从事联邦法律已禁止的行为：基于种族或族裔的故意歧视。”阿贝尔森是民主党总统乔·拜登任命的法官。
"The Contractors Order only prohibits contractors from engaging in conduct that is already prohibited by federal law: intentional discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity," wrote Abelson, an appointee of President Joe Biden, a Democrat.
法官驳回了这些团体要求在诉讼结果出来前阻止特朗普行政命令的动议，该诉讼于4月提起。
The judge denied the groups' motion to block Trump's order pending the outcome of the lawsuit, which was filed in April.
代表原告的进步法律团体“捍卫民主”，以及美国司法部均未立即回应置评请求。
Democracy Forward, a progressive legal group that represents the plaintiffs, and the US Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
特朗普的行政命令也正在同一法院面临由19个民主党执政的州和华盛顿特区提起的诉讼挑战。该案件旨在阻止联邦机构修改合同以遵守特朗普的行政命令。
Trump's order is also being challenged by 19 Democratic-led states and Washington, DC, in a lawsuit in the same court. That case seeks to block federal agencies from altering contracts to comply with Trump's order.
许多最大的美国企业，从国防和科技公司到餐饮服务供应商和物流公司，都是联邦承包商，有些公司主要依靠政府业务维持运营。
Many of the largest US businesses, from defense and tech companies to food service providers and logistics firms, are federal contractors, and some companies primarily depend on the government for work.
民权倡导者表示，DEI 做法有助于解决女性、LGBTQ 群体和少数族裔等边缘群体长期面临的不平等问题。
Civil rights advocates say DEI practices help address historic inequities for marginalized groups like women, LGBTQ people and ethnic minorities.
但特朗普和许多保守派将 DEI 视为反精英主义、并对白人和男性等群体构成歧视，其政府已着手从政府部门、高等教育和私营部门根除 DEI。
But Trump and many conservatives cast DEI as anti-merit and discriminatory against groups like white people and men, and his administration has moved to eradicate it from government, higher education and the private sector.
特朗普已禁止联邦机构的 DEI 项目，并废除了一项 1965 年的行政命令，该命令要求联邦承包商采取平权行动招聘少数族裔和女性。
Trump has banned DEI programs by federal agencies and repealed a 1965 executive order requiring federal contractors to take affirmative action to hire minorities and women.