The Department of Justice sent a memo to the interim director of the civil rights division, ordering a freeze to all ongoing ...
An internal memo directed attorneys to notify leadership of consent decrees that were finalized within the last 90 days.
The Department of Justice is reportedly halting all litigation from its Civil Rights Division carried over from the Biden ...
The memo doesn’t state how long the freeze will last. However, it widely shuts down the civil rights division for at least ...
The directives halt ongoing civil rights cases and could jeopardize police reform agreements finalized in recent months in Minneapolis and Louisville.
Minneapolis is implementing its consent decree, prioritizing community trust and transparency over political expediency.
The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police ...
It also signaled it could seek to back out of Biden-era agreements with police departments that engaged in discrimination or ...
The Trump administration is putting a halt to agreements that require reforms of police departments where the Justice ...
Trump “is quickly implementing Project 2025 and is targeting all minorities,” said researcher Allison Chapman.
The Justice Department froze civil-rights litigation to allow the incoming Trump administration to review the agencies priorities, reports said.