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In civil rights reversal, Trump DOJ sides against desegregation

The legal question before the court is narrow, but the philosophical shift conservatives are seeking is sweeping

Jason Weisberger
Feb 21, 2026
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In another attempt to bolster old standards of racism, the Trump Administration has joined a lawsuit arguing the Los Angeles Unified School District’s decades-old desegregation framework is reverse discrimination.

Filed this week, the DOJ has sided with the 1776 Project Foundation, a Billings, Montana-based conse…

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