US EditionTrump's Latest Executive Order Takes on Disparate-Impact Theory
- President Trump signed an executive order on April 23, 2025, in the Oval Office.
- The order targets disparate impact liability, a theory emerging after the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
- It directs agencies to deprioritize enforcement of rules based on this liability theory.
- The White House states the theory "violates the Constitution's guarantee of equal treatment for all."
- This action shifts civil rights enforcement toward focusing on intentional discrimination only.
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Trump’s Push for Equal Rights and Against Quotas
“It is the policy of the United States to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all contexts to the maximum degree possible to avoid violating the Constitution, Federal civil rights laws, and basic American ideals.” Those words, the operative section of “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” one of several executive orders President Donald Trump issued on April 23, mark a giant step forward for equal rights under law, …
Letter to the editor: Threat to women's economic independence
President Trump’s recent executive order, which targets the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974, has sparked real worry about how it could set women back on their journey toward economic independence. Imagine being a single mother trying to secure a…
Trump targets public school disorder - Washington Examiner
President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week aimed at reforming school discipline practices nationwide. The directive calls for schools to base disciplinary decisions strictly on student behavior without factoring in race or diversity, equity, and inclusion considerations. In recent years, restorative justice approaches have gained ground in schools across the country. Instead of suspending or expelling students who break rules, th…
CBS Bemoans Trump Crackdown on Disparate Impact, Another DEI Boondoggle
Thursday’s CBS Evening News Plus dove head-first into another meltdown about the Trump administration’s push to remove Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and other race-hustling removed root and branch from the federal government. This time, fill-in host Maurice DuBois brought out the head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to melt down about a new executive order to undo disparate impact. Before diving in for the bias, let’s put on the table w…
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