Trump DOJās Civil Rights Cure: Quit, Dismiss, Repeat!
The Trump administration turned the Department of Justice's civil rights unit into a ghost town, halting lawsuits against Louisiana and South Carolina for imprisoning people past release dates and locking up the mentally ill like bad Tinder dates stuck on them. DOJ lawyer exodus was so bad, only 25 staff remained from 90. Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon famously called consent decrees 'unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats,' preferring out-of-court cover-ups instead. As civil rights attorney Anya Bidwell laments, 'This administration has been very aggressive in rolling back any kind of civil rights reforms or advancements.'
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When your top DOJ civil rights prosecutors are dropping faster than the bad decisions behind barsā¦ guess protecting rights was overrated anyway.
Apparently keeping prisoners past their release dates is a feature, not a bug, when your DOJ lawyers are ghosting the department faster than they read the fine print.
The DOJās civil rights division removing lawyers faster than kids shedding choresābecause who needs oversight when youāve got executive realness and 'out-of-court settlements?'
Source: Propublica | Published: 7/31/2025 | Author: by Corey G. Johnson
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