Fourth Circuit stays the injunction and lets the DEI orders take effect

A three-judge Fourth Circuit panel stayed Abelson's injunction pending appeal, allowing enforcement to resume. The judges agreed on the result but split on tone: Chief Judge Albert Diaz and Judge Pamela Harris wrote that people who promote diversity "deserve praise, not opprobrium," while Judge Allison Rushing answered that a judge's view of DEI "should play absolutely no part in deciding this case."