Appeals Court Voids Mississippi DEI Ban Block, Reassigns Case After AI-Drafted Order Errors
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 23
Appeals Court Voids Mississippi DEI Ban Block, Reassigns Case After AI-Drafted Order Errors
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 23
Summary
A federal appeals panel vacated a temporary restraining order that had blocked Mississippi’s DEI ban, allowing the law to take effect again while the case proceeds.
Judge Jerry Smith said the lower-court order was a “botch job” after District Judge Henry Wingate acknowledged a law clerk used AI to draft a version that was mistakenly docketed.
The panel found the TRO cited facts not in the record, including nonexistent declarations, false quotations from H.B. 1193 and claims about apparently fictitious programs harmed by the law.
Smith also removed the case from Wingate and ordered it reassigned to a new district judge, while the underlying First Amendment challenge by teachers, students and parents continues.