DOJ Ends 44-Year-Old Race-Based Hiring Decree

The Justice Department said the decree had imposed DEI-related hiring policies across the government.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to reporters in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 27, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Aug. 4 that it has ended a decree initiated more than 44 years ago, which imposed across the federal government hiring practices related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) theories.

In a court filing on Aug. 1, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division stated that it will eliminate a decree issued under the Luevano v. Ezell case, which was brought in 1979 by minority job applicants who alleged employment discrimination, and was settled through a 1981 consent decree that applied across the entire federal government.