Trump’s New Justice Department Orders Freeze On Civil Rights Cases

We take two steps, now allegedly we are taking several steps back.  President Donald Trump ordered Federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles are to be placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening, then upped the ante by revoking The Equal Employment Opportunity Act.  Now it’s being reported that Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership has ordered a freeze on civil rights cases.

Attorneys in the department’s Civil Rights Division were ordered not to file any new complaints, amicus briefs or other certain court papers “until further notice,” one of the memos said.  Another memo directed attorneys to notify leadership of any settlements or consent decrees — court-enforceable agreements to reform police agencies — that were finalized by the Biden administration within the last 90 days.

It is allegedly being suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements made after George Floyd and Breonna Taylor’s cases.  It said the new administration “may wish to reconsider” such agreements, raising the prospect that it may abandon two consent decrees finalized in the final weeks of the Biden administration in Louisville, Kentucky, and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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