Trump’s DOJ Just Did What Decades Of Speeches Never Could
For years, the federal government kept its thumb on the scale. The weapon of choice was “disparate-impact” theory — the notion that if a fair test or a fair hiring process doesn’t match someone’s preferred demographic…
For years, the federal government kept its thumb on the scale.
The weapon of choice was “disparate-impact” theory — the notion that if a fair test or a fair hiring process doesn’t match someone’s preferred demographic chart, the process itself must be racist and torn down. In a stunning reversal, the Department of Justice has declared that theory unconstitutional.
The scheme was sold as a way to root out unintentional discrimination by treating individuals as mere statistics. Instead, it produced intentional discrimination — not as a flaw, but by design.
Left-leaning administrations worked to thwart the Constitution. Right-leaning ones shaped the high court, but entrenched bureaucrats kept weaponizing the law, while too many conservatives gave speeches about equal opportunity instead of taking action.
The Constitution is colorblind and forbids race-conscious decisions. What was missing was leadership. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has acted — putting President Trump’s vision into practice and reaffirming that every American deserves to be judged as an individual, not a demographic.
The Justice Department released a landmark opinion on June 9, authored by Assistant Attorney General T. Elliot Gaiser and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Joshua Craddock, concluding that the EEOC’s disparate-impact framework is unconstitutional because it pressures employers into race-based decision-making.
For years, politicians in robes, activists, and entrenched bureaucrats on the left hid behind that theory, using statistical disparity as cover to discriminate against Americans who did nothing wrong except succeed on merit. It was never about fairness.