The National Urban League and other organizations argue that Trump's executive orders to end diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are unconstitutional, falsely asserting that DEI initiatives undermine merit and hard work.

The organizations claimed that the president had exceeded his authority in issuing the orders, and that they intentionally discriminated against Black and transgender people.

Various organizations filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration on Wednesday in response to the Executive Orders.

Lambda Legal and the NAACP have joined forces to sue President Donald Trump over his executive orders to purge diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts from the federal government. Trump’s dictate has had consequences extending well beyond the Washington bureaucracy that he seeks to remake.

Civil and human rights organizations have teamed up to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the president’s executive orders on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility

Civil rights, housing and AIDS prevention groups sued U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying their federal funding is in jeopardy because of his executive orders concerning diversity, equity,

"The Executive Orders should be declared unlawful, and the agency Defendants should be enjoined from enforcing or implementing them," counsel for the plaintiffs wrote in a complaint naming President Donald Trump and multiple cabinet members as defendants.

Trump's orders terminate equity-based grants, prohibit federal funding for DEI programs, and eliminate recognition of transgender people.

Several LGBTQ rights organizations sued the Trump administration on Thursday, alleging that the president's executive orders aimed at dismantling diversity and equity programs are unconstitutional and will cripple critical programs used by Americans.