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2025 Executive Orders on Civil Rights

The 2025 executive orders and their impact on civil rights enforcement in the US, including changes to disparate-impact liability and the removal of independent civil-rights officials.

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Jan 17, 2026
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What specific executive orders and agency personnel changes have most affected civil rights enforcement?

A cluster of 2025 executive orders—most prominently directives described as “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” and a later April order targeting disparate‑impact enf...