From reading this:

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-ag-dei-presi...

It seems like this part is the relevant part:

> [The executive order] also instructs the U.S. attorney general to create a plan that would deter the private sector from continuing DEI programs.

So while it is not technically illegal yet, seems like they are getting ahead of that issue before it may arise based on pretty strong signaling that it will

Thanks, I hadn't seen that. Would seem like a pretty open-and-shut 1A issue to me. So much government censorship these days.