{"id":119641,"date":"2025-05-19T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T01:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/19\/the-doj-civil-right-division-is-decimated\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T17:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T01:00:31","slug":"the-doj-civil-right-division-is-decimated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/19\/the-doj-civil-right-division-is-decimated\/","title":{"rendered":"The DOJ Civil Right Division Is Decimated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span>Ed. Note:<\/span> Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration, what percentage of attorneys in the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division have quit, been reassigned, or accepted a deferred resignation, as the administration has radically shifted the goals and priorities of the division?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: Stacey Young, a former division attorney who left in January, said, \u201cThe Civil Rights Division exists to enforce civil rights laws that protect all Americans. It\u2019s not an arm of the White House. It doesn\u2019t exist to enact the president\u2019s own agenda. That\u2019s a perversion of the separation of powers and the role of an independent Justice Department.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/the-doj-civil-right-division-is-decimated\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The DOJ Civil Right Division Is Decimated<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/IMG_3519-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration, what percentage of attorneys in the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division have quit, been reassigned, or accepted a deferred resignation, as the administration has radically shifted the goals and priorities of the division?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: Stacey Young, a former division attorney who left in January, said, \u201cThe Civil Rights Division exists to enforce civil rights laws that protect all Americans. It\u2019s not an arm of the White House. It doesn\u2019t exist to enact the president\u2019s own agenda. That\u2019s a perversion of the separation of powers and the role of an independent Justice Department.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/the-doj-civil-right-division-is-decimated\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/05\/the-doj-civil-right-division-is-decimated\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Since Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration, what percentage of attorneys in the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division have quit, been reassigned, or accepted a deferred resignation, as the administration has radically shifted the goals and priorities of the division? 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