DEI at the state level is a violation of the 14th Amendment:
"Amendment XIV
Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities …
DEI at the state level is a violation of the 14th Amendment:
"Amendment XIV
Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv
The Fourteenth Amendment, which applies to the several states which comprise the United States, is the extension of the Fifth Amendment's Due Process clause, which sets limits on what the Federal government may do.
DEI uses immutable characteristics to set one group of people over another because it "abridge[s] the privileges and immunities" of the disfavored group, and it denies the disfavored group the equal protection of the laws. DEI doesn't even rise to the "separate but equal" standard set out in Plessy v Ferguson, it is separate *and unequal*. Here's a good law review to read on this topic: https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1787&context=lawreview DEI is thoroughly unconstitutional, and must be abolished, and any institution or entity which receives public money must follow accordingly.
DEI at the state level is a violation of the 14th Amendment:
"Amendment XIV
Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv
The Fourteenth Amendment, which applies to the several states which comprise the United States, is the extension of the Fifth Amendment's Due Process clause, which sets limits on what the Federal government may do.
DEI uses immutable characteristics to set one group of people over another because it "abridge[s] the privileges and immunities" of the disfavored group, and it denies the disfavored group the equal protection of the laws. DEI doesn't even rise to the "separate but equal" standard set out in Plessy v Ferguson, it is separate *and unequal*. Here's a good law review to read on this topic: https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1787&context=lawreview DEI is thoroughly unconstitutional, and must be abolished, and any institution or entity which receives public money must follow accordingly.