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Ex-civil rights agency commissioner fired by Trump drops lawsuit in wake of Supreme Court ruling

  • A recent Supreme Court ruling that expanded presidential power to remove agency officials led former EEOC commissioner Jocelyn Samuels to drop her lawsuit after President Trump’s unprecedented firing of two Democratic EEOC members.
  • The Trump-led EEOC is pushing major policy changes — proposing to stop collecting employer demographic data, rescind English-only and some affirmative-action guidance, and revise pregnancy-accommodation rules.
  • Supporters call the shifts “evenhanded” enforcement, while critics warn the moves could weaken protections for transgender, pregnant and minority workers and hinder discrimination investigations.
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