DOJ sues Minnesota over affirmative action

Feds Sue Minnesota Over Discriminatory 'Affirmative Action Regime'

Minnesota requires state agencies to “justify” and receive approval before hiring employees who are not female, black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, or Alaskan native.

'SYSTEMATICALLY AND UNLAWFULLY': DOJ Alleges Minnesota Discriminates in Hiring

The legal standoff between Minnesota and the federal government continues to escalate, as the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division sued the state on Wednesday over its race-based and sex-based hiring policies.  The litigation comes the same week that Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced a joint lawsuit by the state and the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis against the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in t…

US Justice Department sues Minnesota in latest salvo against state

'Making hiring decisions based on immutable characteristics like race and sex is simple discrimination,' says Attorney General Pam Bondi - Anadolu Ajansı

U.S. Justice Department goes to war with pro-woke Minnesota * WorldNetDaily * by Joe Kovacs

Source link U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi (U.S. Justice Department photo) The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Minnesota challenging the state’s requirement that all state agencies implement sex- and race-based affirmative action plans and consider “affirmative action goals on all staffing and personnel decisions.” Minnesota’s affirmative action program directs agencies to engage

Justice Department Challenges Minnesota’s Affirmative Action Hiring Requirements

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division filed a lawsuit today against the State of Minnesota challenging Minnesota’s requirement that all state agencies implement sex- and race-based affirmative action plans and consider “affirmative action goals on all staffing and personnel decisions.”…

Justice Department Sues Minnesota Over Affirmative Action in State Government

The lawsuit alleged that Minnesota’s policies violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and requested an extraordinary three-judge panel to hear the case.