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Civil Rights Rollbacks

Rollbacks of DEI programs, Civil Rights Division enforcement, and voting protections.

  1. 2026

    7 items
    May 16

    Louisiana holds Senate primary while House races remain suspended

    42,000 ballots voided as Louisiana holds partial primary under redistricting freeze

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    Samuel Alito
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    8 figures
    28 U.S. Code 530B - Ethical standards for attorneys for the Government
    The DOJ wants to change who polices federal prosecutors
    Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. ___ (2024)
    May 14

    DOJ sues D.C. Bar to block Jeffrey Clark disbarment and Ed Martin discipline

    DOJ invokes presidential immunity to shield federal lawyers from ethics oversight

    Todd Blanche
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    10 figures
    Parts of Texas immigration law set to take effect Friday halted
    Federal Preemption and Texas SB 4
    Arizona v. United States
    May 14

    Federal judge blocks Texas SB 4 reentry and deportation provisions

    Reagan-appointed judge blocks Texas from creating state deportation system

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    Greg Abbott
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    8 figures
    R.I. judge blocks DOJ from obtaining medical records of transgender youth
    Judge strikes down DOJ subpoena for RI Hospital pediatric medical records
    Potential False Claims Act Liability for Providers of Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
    May 13

    Federal judge quashes DOJ subpoena for transgender youth medical records

    Trump-appointed judge blocks DOJ demand for children's transgender medical records

    Mark McElroy
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    Pam Bondi
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    8 figures
    Jeff Landry recall, Governor of Louisiana (2026)
    Jeff Landry surges to outright win in Louisiana governor race
    Recall an Elected Official
    May 11

    Louisiana voters launch recall petition against Gov. Jeff Landry

    Grassroots recall drive targets Louisiana governor over suspended elections and redistricting

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    8 figures

  2. 2025

    10 items
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    Congressional Control of Agency Decision Making: An Analysis of Recent Proposals to Constrain Agency Discretion
    Can the President Dismantle the Department of Education by Executive Order?
    State Constitutional Provisions on Education
    Mar 15

    Executive order targets Education Department as Congress holds sole authority

    Dismantling Education Department would transform how schools get funded

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    Linda McMahon
    Bill Cassidy
    Earl Warren
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  3. 2024

    4 items

  4. 2023

    4 items
People

Key figures in Civil Rights Rollbacks

107 figures
Donald Trump
President of the United States (2025-present)
John Roberts
Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
Joe Biden
key figure
Merrick Garland
key figure
Barack Obama
key figure
Samuel Alito
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court (appointed by George W. Bush, confirmed 58-42)
Justice Kagan
Associate Justice
Bill Clinton
key figure
Thurgood Marshall
key figure
Brett Kavanaugh
key figure
Franklin D. Roosevelt
key figure
George W. Bush
key figure
Greg Abbott
Governor of Texas
Justice Jackson
Associate Justice
Kristen Clarke
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
Lee Johnson
key figure
Linda McMahon
Education Secretary
Pam Bondi
U.S. Attorney General (confirmed January 2025)
Ron DeSantis
key figure
William J. Brennan Jr.
key figure
Abraham Lincoln
key figure
Bill Cassidy
U.S. Senator, Louisiana (R)
Calvin Coolidge
Cleo Fields
U.S. Representative, Louisiana 6th District (D)
Earl Warren
Democratic Senator
George Sutherland
key figure
Jeff Landry
Governor of Louisiana (R)
John Lewis
key figure
John Marshall Harlan
key figure
Justice Sotomayor
Associate Justice
Ronald Reagan
key figure
Todd Blanche
Acting Attorney General (April 2026-present)
Ulysses S. Grant
Adriana Piñon
Legal Director, ACLU of Texas
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
U.S. Representative - NY District 14
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Ayanna Pressley
U.S. Representative - MA District 7
Birch Bayh
Brad Raffensperger
key figure
Brian Kemp
key figure
Brian Olsen
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Caspar Weinberger
Secretary of Defense
Charles Sumner
key figure
Chester A. Arthur
David Donatti
Staff Attorney, ACLU of Texas
David Ezra
Senior U.S. District Judge, W.D. Texas (designated), D. Hawaii (appointed 1988)
Deb Haaland
key figure
Dick Durbin
key figure
Dred Scott
key figure
Ed Martin
DOJ Pardon Attorney (2026-present)
Edgar Saldivar
Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU of Texas
Edith Green
Fannie Lou Hamer
key figure
Grace Meng
U.S. Representative - NY District 6
Hamilton P. Fox III
D.C. Disciplinary Counsel (2017-present)
Harmeet Dhillon
key figure
Ida B. Wells
key figure
Ilhan Omar
U.S. Representative - MN District 5
Jacky Rosen
Former Acting Attorney General (Dec. 2020-Jan. 2021)
Jacqunette Guidry
Volunteer Recall Organizer, Acadia Parish
Jay Morris
Louisiana State Senator (R-West Monroe)
Jeanine Pirro
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia (2025-present)
Jeffrey Clark
Former Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division (2018-2021)
John Bingham
key figure
John Paul Stevens
Joseph P. Bradley
key figure
Julia Letlow
U.S. Representative, Louisiana 5th District (R)
Justice Thomas
key figure
Katelyn Medeiros
Rhode Island Child Advocate (2026)
Katilyn P. Stepter
Co-Petitioner and Independent Voter
Ken Paxton
Attorney General of Texas
Kevin Love Hubbard
Lawyers' Committee for Rhode Island Cooperating Attorney (2026)
Kevin Roberts
Heritage Foundation President
Liz Murrill
Louisiana Attorney General (R, took office January 2024)
Lynette Labinger
ACLU of Rhode Island Cooperating Attorney (2026)
Malik Rahim
Community Organizer and Gwangi Center Owner, New Orleans
Marian Gbaiwon Hills
Community Advocate and Recall Petition Chairwoman
Mark McElroy
U.S. District Judge, District of Rhode Island (Trump appointee, confirmed September 2019)
Mazie Hirono
U.S. Representative - HI
Melvin Watt
Michael Frisch
Ethics Counsel, Georgetown University Law Center
Miriam Weizenbaum
Lawyers' Committee for Rhode Island Cooperating Attorney (2026)
Nancy Landry
Louisiana Secretary of State (R)
Nancy Pelosi
U.S. Representative - California District 5
Neil Gorsuch
key figure
Patsy Mink
Potter Stewart
key figure
Priscilla Richman
Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Rashida Tlaib
U.S. Representative - MI District 12
Reed O'Connor
Chief U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Texas (George W. Bush appointee)
Richard Donoghue
Former Acting Deputy Attorney General (Dec. 2020-Jan. 2021)
Richard Leon
Senior U.S. District Judge, D.C. District Court (appointed 2002 by George W. Bush)
Richard Nixon
37th President of the United States
Rosa Parks
key figure
Russell Vought
key figure
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Rutherford B. Hayes
Sandra Day O'Connor
Associate Justice
Stephen Miller
Immigration Policy Advisor
Theodore Roosevelt
Tracy Clark
key figure
Troy Carter
U.S. Representative, Louisiana 2nd District (D)
William Howard Taft
key figure
William O. Douglas
key figure
William R. Day
key figure
Woodrow Wilson
key figure