D.C. U.S. attorney tells Georgetown he won’t hire from any school with ‘DEI’
Trump appointee Ed Martin made the claim in a letter to the Georgetown University law school dean. Martin has called the school a “locus” of anti-Trump activity.
“Interim D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin demanded that the dean of Georgetown Law School end all diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the school, asserting in a letter that his office will not consider hiring anyone affiliated with a university that utilizes DEI.
The warning was delivered in a letter dated Feb. 17 to William M. Treanor, a constitutional law scholar and one of the longest-serving deans of the largest law school in the nation’s capital. The first letter was misaddressed, but it was re-sent Monday.
“At this time, you should know that no applicant for our fellows program, our summer internship, or employment in our office who is a student or affiliated with a law school or university that continues to teach and utilize DEI will be considered,” Martin wrote in the two-page letter.
Martin added two questions: “First, have you eliminated all DEI from your school and its curriculum? Second, if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in any way, will you move swiftly to remove it?”
… Martin’s letter came after the Trump administration’s Department of Education told U.S. schools and universities on Feb. 18 to eliminate
diversity initiatives and “racial preferences” in admissions, financial aid, hiring or other areas within two weeks or risk losing federal money.
A subsequent document last week
softened that stance, stating that by law the federal government cannot dictate curriculum. The department said its enforcement policies would not infringe on teachers’ First Amendment rights to free speech and noted that federal law bars the department from “exercising control over the content of school curricula.” …”