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President Trump’s “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” Executive Order Targets Federal Contractors, and the Private Sector

Article April 2025

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  • President Trump’s “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” Executive Order Targets Federal Contractors, and the Private Sector

In this article, the authors examine an executive order issued by President Trump revoking a 60-year-old Civil Rights-era directive that prohibited federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, and that required federal contractors to take affirmative action to provide equal opportunity in employment.

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