A Department of Justice division tasked with protecting basic individual rights is expected to shift its position on key social issues under President-elect Donald Trump and, if confirmed, conservative lawyer Harmeet Dhillon.
The DOJ Civil Rights Division is likely to change its approach to diversity, voting, abortion, and transgender topics under Dhillon, who has a dense track record of pushing Republican causes in these areas.
The division is poised to make one of its top priorities rooting out race-conscious policies across industries. Trump hinted as much when he announced Dhillon’s nomination, praising her for “suing corporations who use woke policies to discriminate against their workers.”
Dhillon recently signaled she was on board by sharing an op-ed by her law firm partner that denounced diversity, equity,
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