Here at usagovpolicy.com, and in the pages of our book, Not Wasting a Crisis, the Lawless Biden Administration, we have detailed the concerted and sustained efforts made by the 46th President (or in any case, the extensive exertions made by members of his Administration) to permanently enshrine the principles of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the federal government.
On the day of his Inauguration in 2020, Former President Joe Biden issued Executive Order 13985, “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government,” which mandated that “the policy of my Administration [is to] pursue a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all…[a]ffirmatively advancing equity…is the responsibility of the whole of our government.”
This order was followed by two more: Executive Order 14035, which provided for “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce,” and Executive Order 14091,“Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.”
With these Orders, as we noted in Chapter 16 of Not Wasting a Crisis, “[a] new level of bureaucracy [was] created to ensure that it is a function of the federal government to violate the Equal Protection of the law guaranteed under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Every major federal department must use all of their power and authority to ensure that services are provided on the basis of “equity,” not “equality.”
We further asked this question, “How can this be legal?” and provided this answer; “it’s not. These Executive Orders are utterly and completely unconstitutional, and a blatant violation of the principle upon which this nation was built and stands – equal protection for all.”
Once more, we must humbly admit that we were right.
On the day of his Inauguration, President Donald Trump put an end to this illegal system with his Executive Order “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferences.” “The Biden Administration forced illegal and immoral discrimination programs, going by the name ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ (DEI), into virtually all aspects of the Federal Government,” the Order states, “in areas ranging from airline safety to the military. This was a concerted effort stemming from President Biden’s first day in office…[t]hat ends today. Americans deserve a government committed to serving every person with equal dignity and respect, and to expending precious taxpayer resources only on making America great.”
Pursuant to this Order, “[t]he Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), assisted by the Attorney General and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), shall coordinate the termination of all discriminatory programs, including illegal DEI and “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility” (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities in the Federal Government, under whatever name they appear…Federal employment practices, including Federal employee performance reviews, shall reward individual initiative, skills, performance, and hard work and shall not under any circumstances consider DEI and DEIA factors, goals, policies, mandates, or requirements.”
Removing DEI initiatives from government offices and programs has been hailed by those who warned of the dangers of these programs for years. “Hiding behind the smokescreen of ‘fairness,'” writes George Leef, the director of editorial content at the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, “leftists have for decades been shoving their collectivist notions down the throats of American students. It took quite a long time for the counterattack to get started, but it seems that DEI is in full retreat.” Meanwhile, Corey DeAngelis of the American Culture Project and Adam Guillette, President of Accuracy in Media, state that “[o]n his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end ‘radical and wasteful government DEI programs’ in federal agencies. Trump made the right call. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said he dreamed people would ‘not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.’ DEI ideology is a slap in the face to MLK Jr.’s civil rights agenda to treat everyone equally, regardless of the color of their skin.”
Judge John Wilson’s (ret.) article concludes tomorrow
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