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Ocelot II

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1. I think they got this wrong. Trump can't repeal an act of Congress with an executive order.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Wed Jan 22, 2025, 07:56 PM

Jan 2025

The Equal Employment Opportunity Act was a separate amendment to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which extended the coverage of federal civil rights laws under Title VII from all employers with 25 or more employees to employers with 15 to 24 employees. What Trump did was revoke LBJ's1965 executive order that required equal opportunity hiring in government contracting.

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I think they got this wrong. Trump can't repeal an act of Congress with an executive order. Ocelot II Jan 2025 #1

Yep SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2025 #6

What's next? The Civil Rights Act of 1964? Autumn Jan 2025 #2

An act of Congress can't be repealed by an EO. Ocelot II Jan 2025 #4

FWIW LBJ's Executive Order 11246 was not an act of Congress dalton99a Jan 2025 #3

He's destroying our government one EO after another. spanone Jan 2025 #5

See previous posts. The cited article is wrong; an executive order can't repeal Ocelot II Jan 2025 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Jan 2025 #9

11246 had to do with equal opportunity *in government contracting.* Ocelot II Jan 2025 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Jan 2025 #11

Probably. And somebody probably told him he couldn't repeal the Civil Rights Act, Ocelot II Jan 2025 #13

Merit based...seriously from the guy who had someone take just SAT JT45242 Jan 2025 #8

The Equal Employment Act paved the way for me to get a non traditional job after qualifying for it. Deuxcents Jan 2025 #12

Fortunately, trump's EO doesn't change employment discrimination laws. But let white wingers Silent Type Jan 2025 #14