Trump Order Directs Feds To Disregard Disparate Impact

By Lauren Berg ( April 23, 2025, 11:32 PM EDT) -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday instructing federal agencies to stop treating disparate impact as a viable theory of liability in discrimination matters, staying in line with his quest to eliminate the philosophy of diversity, equity and inclusion, and echoing policy suggestions floated in the conservative Heritage Foundation's Project 2025....

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