AG Bonta, AG Raoul, and AG Brown co-led a coalition of 20 attorneys general in suing the Trump Administration over the addition of new terms to federal contracts that — in the name of purging “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) — impose unclear and confusing requirements on federal contractors and subcontractors. These terms depart from antidiscrimination policies that contractors have followed for many decades. The Trump Administration is also threatening severe penalties on federal contractors that do not comply, yet fails to provide adequate notice of what is prohibited. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, AG Bonta and the coalition challenge the federal agencies’ unlawful, confusing, and ambiguous requirements.

“The Trump Administration keeps moving the goal posts, most recently imposing vague, confusing, and unsupported new conditions on billions of dollars in federal contracts. It is not doing so for the sake of efficiency or good government — and it is certainly not doing so out of concern for preventing racial discrimination. Instead, this appears to be yet another attack on lawful diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. We’re going to court — again — to protect the interests of our state and put a stop to the Trump Administration’s latest unlawfulness.” -AG Bonta