AG Bondi puts a stop to Biden-era DEI lawsuits

Attorney General Pam Bondi just put a stop to several "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" (DEI) lawsuits that had been brought by the administration of former President Joe Biden. 

Fox News reports that Bondi dismissed the lawsuits on Wednesday.

This is one of several significant changes that already has been made by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), under the new leadership of Bondi.

It is also, of course, in line with President Donald Trump's objective to, once and for all, put an end to DEI.

Here's what's going on:

Under the Biden administration, the DOJ was led by former Attorney General Merrick Garland. Under his leadership, the DOJ brought several lawsuits against police departments, fire departments, and others alleging discrimination.

Fox provides an overview of some of these cases.

Per the outlet:

For example, a case filed in October against the City of Durham (North Carolina), alleged "unintentional" discrimination against Black applicants because they did not pass the written test with a score of 70% or better as often as White candidates did, which resulted in fewer Black employees. The complaint proposed getting rid of the neutral written test and "back pay and/or preferential hiring to Black candidates who were not hired because of the written exam" as solutions. The cost would have been around $980,000 in monetary relief, according to the case.

Fox provides other examples as well. The general theme, however, remains the same.

It was essentially an attempt to get these departments in line with the Biden administration's DEI agenda.

It's over

Bondi, though, has now put a stop to all of this.

The Hill reports:

Bondi directed the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division on Wednesday to dismiss the federal civil rights lawsuits, arguing the prior administration “unjustly” went after fire and police departments for utilizing standard aptitude exams to comb through and help select their new employees.

Bondi, for her part, has released a statement on her decision to get the cases thrown out. She said:

American communities deserve firefighters and police officers to be chosen for their skill and dedication to public safety – not to meet DEI quotas

The DOJ said that the case that, thus far, have been dismissed are "an early step toward eradicating illegal DEI preferences across the government and in the private sector."

This is only a small part of President Trump's attempt to completely dismantle DEI. Trump has made it clear that he believes that DEI was a failed experiment, one from which it is time for America to move on.