Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) this week to throw out lawsuits the Biden administration filed accusing police and fire departments around the country of
President Donald Trump's Department of Justice is implementing new policies in stark contrast to the previous Biden Administration.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Maryland case was one of several dismissals initiated by her office this week in an attempt to end Biden-era civil rights lawsuits.
New leadership at the Department of Justice dropped a case last week that accused Maryland State Police of violating federal employment discrimination laws, leaving any decisions on reforming the agency’s hiring practices to the state.
The Department of Justice has dismissed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) lawsuits brought against various police and fire departments across the country under the Biden administration, which deemed aptitude tests in certain cases as discriminatory.
Trump appointees are taking a sharply different approach from Biden officials on "disparate impact" discrimination claims.
The United States Department of Justice has abandoned a lawsuit against the Maryland State Police that accused MSP of violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in their hiring practices.
The Justice Department is abandoning Biden administration cases that sought to force police and fire departments to end alleged discriminatory hiring practices, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wednesday.
The Trump administration's Justice Department announced it was ending lawsuits alleging discriminatory hiring practices at police and fire departments.