DOJ says it's moving to end more than 50 decades-old school desegregation cases
The department says the orders are outdated and will seek dismissal only after districts show they have removed the last vestiges of segregation.
- On Thursday, the Justice Department announced it is seeking to dismiss more than 50 school desegregation decrees, arguing that many districts have successfully eliminated the remnants of legally enforced racial segregation.
- The administration argues that federal oversight is unnecessary, asserting that policies designed to produce equal outcomes can themselves result in racial discrimination, prompting a broader shift in civil rights enforcement strategy.
- Originating from the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, these orders mandated equal funding, facilities access, and fair representation in advanced classes to address historical segregation disparities.
- Alabama Attorney Steve Marshall praised the move, while former Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke condemned it, warning that the administration's actions threaten to fuel resegregation in public schools.
- Nearly 80 percent of the 57 cases dismissed since President Donald Trump returned to office occurred in Southern states, signaling a concentrated federal effort to end court oversight of school systems.
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Department of Justice dismisses school desegregation cases
BATON ROUGE — The U.S. Justice Department has moved to dismiss 57 school desegregation cases nationwide, including 11 in Louisiana and 13 in Mississippi.Some of those Louisiana cases have remained under federal court supervision for decades.The Justice Department is reviewing longstanding cases in several Louisiana parishes, including cases where it says districts have met their constitutional obligations. In some of those cases, the department …
Trump DOJ Drops Dozens Of School Desegregation Cases, But The Most Segregated Schools Are In The North
The Justice Department ended 57 desegregation orders, most of them in the Deep South, but research shows Black students are most isolated in states like New York and Illinois.
DOJ Scraps Dozens Of School Desegregation Cases
The New York Times reports: The Justice Department said on Thursday it had ended its watchdog role in more than 50 cases enforcing racial desegregation in schools, mostly in the Deep South, a significant milestone in the Trump administration’s bid to overhaul civil rights enforcement in America. Justice Department records showed that 57 desegregation orders … The post DOJ Scraps Dozens Of School Desegregation Cases appeared first on Joe.My.God..
DOJ Dismisses Dozens of Ongoing Segregation-Era Cases, Will Allow Classrooms to Turn Focus to Students
Court orders mandating that schools follow desegregation policies that are generations older than the students attending them are being wiped away by the Justice Department. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights […]
Trump’s Justice Department Gives Up on Desegregation
President Trump’s Department of Justice doesn’t think desegregation is worth the effort. The DOJ on Thursday announced it has dropped more than 50 school desegregation cases. As The New York Times reports, that brings the total to 57 dropped cases since Trump was reelected. Nearly 80 percent of the cases took place in the Southern states of Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana. The move drew backlash with Democrats on the…
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