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Civil rights enforcement is going to take a big hit—huge—under Trump and Sessions

Civil Rights, Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump
Posted on AllSides November 19th, 2016
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Civil rights enforcement has been a strength of the Department of Justice under President Obama. Under a Trump Department of Justice led by Jeff Sessions, it’s not clear civil rights enforcement would even happen. At all.

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