President Trump's recent executive order aims to eliminate what it describes as "illegal preferences and discrimination" in both governmental and private organizations, potentially targeting bar associations. The directive lists up to nine entities, including large nonprofits and bar associations, for civil compliance investigations based on claims of race and sex-based preferences misrepresented under diversity and inclusion programs. Responses from California and Massachusetts bar associations indicate they believe their initiatives do not violate any laws, emphasizing the need for better governmental priorities than investigating legal community organizations.
"The order declared that 'influential institutions of American society' are using 'dangerous, demeaning and immoral race- and sex-based preferences under the guise of so-called 'diversity, equity and inclusion.'"
"I think there are better ways our federal government could use its time than looking at bar associations," Santoro added.
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