美国第五巡回上诉法院撤销了一项下级法院的裁决，该裁决曾阻止密西西比州一项禁止多元化、公平与包容（DEI）做法的法律的部分条款生效。
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower-court ruling that prevented portions of a Mississippi ban on diversity, equity and inclusion from being enforced.
索菲·贝茨 杰克逊（密西西比州）—— 在美国第五巡回上诉法院撤销了一项下级法院裁决后，密西西比州一项禁止公立学校实施多元化、公平与包容做法的法律的部分条款可以开始生效。该下级法院裁决曾阻止该法律的若干条款被执行。
SOPHIE BATES JACKSON, Miss. — Portions of a Mississippi ban on diversity, equity and inclusion practices in public schools can go into effect after the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower court’s ruling that blocked sections of the law from being enforced.
受质疑的法律条款禁止公立学校强制要求进行多元化培训，以及维持与DEI相关的项目、课程和办公室。该法还禁止公立学校讨论一份与种族、性别、性别认同、性取向、宗教、族裔和国籍相关的“分裂性概念”清单。违反该法律的公立学校可能面临失去州政府拨款的后果。
The parts of the law in question prevent public schools from requiring diversity training and maintaining DEI-related programs, courses and offices. It also bans public schools from discussing a list of “divisive concepts” related to race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity and national origin. Public schools that violate the law could lose state funding.
该禁令于2025年4月通过，目前正受到一群教育工作者、学生、家长和活动人士的挑战，他们称该法律侵犯了他们的第一修正案和第十四修正案权利。
The ban passed in April 2025 and is being challenged by a group of educators, students, parents and activists who say the law violates their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
原告有数周时间向第五巡回法院提交复审申请。据代表原告的律师麦肯纳·雷尼称，该法律将在复审申请截止日期过后七天生效，或者在复审申请被驳回后生效。
The plaintiffs have several weeks to file a petition for rehearing with the Fifth Circuit. The law would take effect seven days after the petition deadline passes or if a petition is denied, according to McKenna Raney, an attorney representing the plaintiffs.
此外，第五巡回法院还下令将该案重新分配给另一位联邦地区法院法官审理，因为美国联邦地区法官亨利·温盖特发布了一份“烂尾工程”般的临时限制令，其中包含人工智能幻觉内容，据周四的裁决显示。该临时限制令早于温盖特于2025年8月发布的初步禁令，后者已被第五巡回法院推翻。
The Fifth Circuit also ordered that the case be reassigned to a different district court judge after U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate issued a “botch job” temporary restraining order that contained artificial intelligence hallucinations, according to the Thursday ruling. The TRO predates Wingate’s August 2025 preliminary injunction, which the Fifth Circuit overturned.
此外，该裁决还就该法律的适用范围提供了明确界定，反对者曾批评该法律过于模糊。
Additionally, the ruling provides clarity on the scope of the law, which opponents have criticized as overly vague.
根据第五巡回上诉法院的说法，该法律不适用于学术活动、学生活动和团体或创造性活动。法院还表示，原告提出的担忧——即该法律将禁止讨论民权、马丁·路德·金博士、三K党、第十四修正案、六月节以及《人鼠之间》——是不正确的。
The law does not apply to scholarly activities, student activities and groups or creative engagements, according to the Fifth Circuit. The court also said concerns raised by the plaintiffs that the law would ban discussions of civil rights, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Ku Klux Klan, the Fourteenth Amendment, Juneteenth and “Of Mice and Men” are incorrect.
“至少知道这些在密西西比州课堂上已持续多年的具体讨话题被豁免，并可继续不受阻碍地进行，这令人欣慰，”美国公民自由联盟密西西比分会LGBTQ正义项目工作律师雷尼说。不过，雷尼表示，该法律允许的讨论类型仍然“模糊不清”。代表被告的密西西比州检察长办公室没有立即回复请其就法院裁决置评的电子邮件。该办公室的律师此前曾辩称，公职人员在专业职务范围内行事时不享有第一修正案权利。
“It is heartening to know that at the very least these specific iterations of classroom discussions that have been happening for years in Mississippi are exempted and they can continue unimpeded,” said Raney, an LGBTQ Justice Project staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi. However, Raney said the types of discussions allowed under the law are still “murky.”The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office, which represents the defendants, did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment on the court’s ruling. The office’s attorneys have previously argued that public employees do not have First Amendment rights when acting in a professional capacity.