Federal judge removed from Mississippi anti-DEI case over errors

• A federal judge was removed from a challenge to Mississippi's anti-DEI law.
• The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals criticized the judge's handling of the case as a 'botch job'.
• The appeals court found multiple factual errors, an AI-related citation error, and incorrect applications of Supreme Court precedent.
• The Fifth Circuit vacated the judge's orders and lifted the block on Mississippi's DEI ban.
• The appeals court's decision was authored by Judge Jerry Smith, a Reagan appointee.