- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
Summary
Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered the DOJ to investigate private companies for DEI programs, potentially pursuing criminal charges.
Citing the 2023 Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action, she argues DEI initiatives violate anti-discrimination laws. The directive targets large corporations, nonprofits, and universities, with reports due by March 1.
Legal experts warn this move likely violates First Amendment protections, as courts have upheld employers’ rights to promote diversity.
Civil rights groups are expected to challenge the policy, setting up a major legal battle for the administration.



We are living through the greatest constitutional crisis of our lifetimes – maybe since the Civil War. The US has never seen anything happen like this domestically. We are rapidly moving toward the dissolution of the US and civil war.
If the courts do not prosecute Trump and Elon Musk, which is highly likely, the assault on EVERY federal service and source of funds will continue. “Throwing it back to the states” will cause the states to contract – without confidence in any federal assistance or regulations, states will need to figure it out themselves – and if they start seeing the federal government as something they need to protect their citizens from…well, why would they remain a part of that federal government? If the US government is completely unreliable due to the massive brain, experience, and regulation drain, what reason do states have to remain a part of that? Especially when the feds want to restrict speech and expression in the way they do.
And if the courts somehow slap down Elon and Trump and they are removed? Then we’ve got violence from the J6ers and likely more.
We very well might be witnessing the end of the US, as I see it. But maybe someone can offer some counterpoints
The end of the US was on January 20th. We’re just witnessing its death throes.
We know all the money is being siphoned off to Trump and his goons, and he’s trying to destroy every agency, particularly the watchdog agencies, which is exactly what happened in Rome that lead to the fall of the empire. If no one is paying anyone to keep track of legal obligations you no longer HAVE legal obligations.