How could Trump's second term affect DEI initiatives in the US?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Trump appointed more than 200 federal judges to courts around the country during his first term, in addition to the three justices he got on to the supreme court.
57% : After Students for Fair Admissions - the supreme court case that overturned affirmative action in higher education - was decided in 2023, workplace programs became the next target.
49% : "I would like to see organizations that have a powerful voice and a powerful platform actually speaking up in defense of DEI and contributing to a conversation about why DEI is important in the public sphere, to push back on those anti-DEI narratives," Glasgow added.
48% : The legislation would be more sweeping than what Trump could muster with an executive order.
40% : More Trump-appointed judges means even if these cases don't get up to the supreme court, lower courts that are conservative-leaning could set legal precedents that shape the legal landscape around DEI for years to come.
37% : As Meta and Walmart drop diversity goals, here's how others may followEven before Donald Trump won the election in November, multiple companies with announced they were ending their diversity initiatives.
36% : On the campaign trail, Trump himself railed against what he called "anti-white feeling in this country", telling Time in May that he thinks "the laws are very unfair now".
34% : Trump and his allies have railed against DEI and will likely target it again once he takes office.
23% : While it is unclear exactly what a new anti-DEI executive order from Trump would look like, he will likely scrap Biden's executive order and once again target DEI goals in the federal government.
15% : Toward the end of Trump's first term in 2020, Trump signed an executive order that banned diversity training in government agencies, contractors and institutions that receive federal funding, such as non-profits.

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