Trump and Company have been diligent in its effort’s to undo decades of efforts to even the playing field for people of color in a America that HAS had a history of and outright racism….
Slavery is gone….
Racism has Not…..
The Trump administration’s ongoing feud with the American Bar Association has come to a head, as the Education Department threatens to strip the organization of its power to oversee law school programs across the country.
Department staffers recently recommended the ABA lose the federal recognition needed to operate as an accreditor. In a report made public Friday, staffers at the department said the ABA, which accredits nearly 200 law schools, had failed to keep both sides of its house “separate and independent,” undermining its effectiveness as an accreditor.
The association is both an accreditor for law schools and a trade group for legal professionals. As an accreditor, ABA oversees the quality of law school education and determines whether law schools not affiliated with a university can accept federal student aid.
President Donald Trump and other Republican lawmakers have accused the ABA of having a liberal bias and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, pushing a political agenda in law schools. Conservatives have also criticized the ABA, which has accredited law schools since 1952, for having a monopoly on oversight of law school education….
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The Education Department last approved the association to accredit law schools in 2021, a five-year designation that is up for review next month.
The federal government relies on accreditors, little-known but powerful organizations, to deem colleges worthy to participate in the federal student aid program and to review educational quality.
The ABA has been at the center of controversy due to its support for diversity in the legal field. Last year, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi criticized the association for a requirement that schools demonstrate a commitment to diversity and inclusion, calling it illegal.
Education Department staff noted in their report that despite the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling that colleges could no longer consider race in the admissions process, the ABA waited until last year to suspend enforcement of its diversity standard.
“The American Bar Association chose political activism over political neutrality long ago, diminishing the legal education field in the process,” Nicole Neily, president of Defending Education, a conservative advocacy group, said in a statement. “Today’s staff report reflects that reality.”…..
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The ABA has also sued the administration, including in a case challenging Trump’s campaign to crack down on prominent law firms.
Trump issued executive orders last year taking aim at several firmsthat had hired his perceived enemies or took on cases he disliked. Four of the firms that were targeted sued to fight those orders, and all of them won court orders blocking Trump’s sanctions.
The ABA filed its own lawsuit challenging Trump’s actions, saying it had to act to protect its members “and the rule of law itself.” The case is ongoing, and a judge earlier this year rejected the Trump administration’s effort to have the lawsuit thrown out……
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