Trump claims that the Civil Rights Act Of 1964 has DEI in it.
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What does Trump’s order actually do?
- Revokes key civil rights regulations from the 1960s and 1970s that authorized disparate-impact enforcement under Title VI (which bars discrimination in federally funded programs) and Title VII (which covers employment discrimination).
- Directs federal agencies to deprioritize enforcing civil rights laws that rely on disparate-impact claims, including in housing, lending, and employment.
- Orders a review of all pending civil rights cases based on disparate impact, signaling an intent to drop or weaken such cases.
- Encourages challenges to state-level civil rights laws that use disparate-impact standards.
President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that seeks to dismantle a key legal tool for combating systemic discrimination: disparate-impact liability.
The order, titled Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy, frames itself as a defense of "colorblind" principles, arguing that policies considering race or gender in any way— even unintentionally— undermine meritocracy. But legal experts and activists warn that the directive could gut enforcement of landmark civil rights laws, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by making it nearly impossible to challenge discriminatory practices that disproportionately harm marginalized groups
Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. A
www.whitehouse.gov What does Trump’s order actually do?
- Revokes key civil rights regulations from the 1960s and 1970s that authorized disparate-impact enforcement under Title VI (which bars discrimination in federally funded programs) and Title VII (which covers employment discrimination).
- Directs federal agencies to deprioritize enforcing civil rights laws that rely on disparate-impact claims, including in housing, lending, and employment.
- Orders a review of all pending civil rights cases based on disparate impact, signaling an intent to drop or weaken such cases.
- Encourages challenges to state-level civil rights laws that use disparate-impact standards.
President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that seeks to dismantle a key legal tool for combating systemic discrimination: disparate-impact liability.
The order, titled Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy, frames itself as a defense of "colorblind" principles, arguing that policies considering race or gender in any way— even unintentionally— undermine meritocracy. But legal experts and activists warn that the directive could gut enforcement of landmark civil rights laws, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by making it nearly impossible to challenge discriminatory practices that disproportionately harm marginalized groups
