The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Aug. 4 that it has ended a decree initiated more than 44 years ago, which imposed across the federal government hiring practices related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) theories.
In a court filing on Aug. 1, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division stated that it will eliminate a decree issued under the Luevano v. Ezell case, which was brought by minority job applicants who alleged discrimination in 1979. The decree later came into effect across the federal government in 1981.
The DOJ said Monday that the decree under the ruling had “limited the hiring practices of the federal government based on flawed and outdated theories of diversity, equity, and inclusion,” and that it also “imposed draconian test review and implementation procedures” in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)….