Anti-DEI legislation closer to becoming law

Louisville NAACP opposes ‘regressive’ efforts to eliminate DEI

The NAACP’s opposition comes as House Bill 4, which would eliminate DEI at Kentucky public colleges and universities, passed out of committee this week during a heated hearing.

Alabama attorneys defend anti-DEI, ‘divisive concepts’ law as protecting university rights

The University of Alabama Student Center on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL Monday Jan. 13, 2024. Alabama officials defended its anti-DEI law, asserting universities' right to control classroom instruction and campus space in a court filing.(Will McLelland/Alabama Reflector)Alabama officials pushed back against a lawsuit challenging a 2024 anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) law, arguing in a court filing Friday…

Kentucky public university students rally against anti-DEI legislation

On the last Friday of February, the University of Kentucky’s Willy T. Young Library saw dozens of students and some faculty gather to protest Kentucky House Bill 4 and Senate Bill 164.  According to an email from Kentucky Students for DEI, this was the last in a string of eight organized rallies supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) held throughout the state’s public universities.  House Bill 4 (HB4) would ban Kentucky’s public colle…

Justice Jackson Offers Common Sense Argument For How Judicial Diversity Benefits Everyone - Above the Law

(Photo by Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images) In the backlash against DEI, someone has to champion a legal defense that will prevent us from spiraling toward a monoculture. Who better than than one of the justices that oversaw the arguments against affirmative action? Justice Jackson is no stranger to diversity — she got a lot of attention for her historically informed reading of the 14th amendment. But she’s also very attentive to something else:…

Montana lawmakers look at diversity, equity, and inclusion legislation

Two House Bills could change how colleges and the government handle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).Rep. Randyn Gregg, R-White Sulphur Springs, proposed House Bill 638, which would ban local or state government agencies from requiring or requesting diversity statements and giving special treatment because of them. The bill passed second reading 56 to 42.According to the bill, a diversity statement is something that promotes differential t…

MT lawmakers consider DEI legislation

Two House bills in the Montana Legislature could change how colleges and the government handle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). MT lawmakers look at diversity, equity, and inclusion legislationRep. Randyn Gregg, R-White Sulphur Springs, proposed House Bill 638, which would ban local or state government agencies from requiring or requesting diversity statements and giving special treatment because of them. The bill passed second reading 56…