Trump’s latest blow to civil rights law, briefly explained
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on April 23, 2025. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Welcome to The Logoff. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that takes aim at a longtime core principle of civil rights law known as disparate impact. And though he can’t get rid of it entirely on his own, he may be hoping conservative justices on the Supreme Court will.
What is disparate impact?........© Vox
