When the Department of Education published guidance last month targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs on college campuses, the American Sociological Association (ASA) sprang into action.
With help from Democracy Forward, a nonprofit legal organization whose board is chaired by disgraced Democratic superlawyer Marc Elias, the association sued to block the enforcement of the Education Department’s Dear Colleague letter, which argues that a wide range of DEI initiatives—not just overt racial preferences—violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
The complaint described a parade of horribles that would allegedly result from the guidance. The list of prohibited practices is so broad, according to the ASA, that honoring Martin Luther King Jr. could jeopardize a school’s federal funding—even though President Donald Trump invoked King in his Inaugural Address and issued a presidential proclamation urging educators…
