Harmeet Dhillon: DOJ Civil Rights Division Shifts Focus Toward Colorblind Constitutionalism

In an interview detailing current enforcement actions and institutional shifts, Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, highlighted several major legal battles and policy changes aimed at steering the country toward a strictly individualized, colorblind interpretation of the Constitution by ending disparate impact doctrines, challenging race-based reparations, targeting California’s “gay-certification” mandate, defending Second Amendment rights and pushing back against employers (or governments) that infringe on religious liberty.

Affirmative action for “Eskimos” and “LGBT people?” The California Public Utility Commission’s “Supplier Diversity Program” has gone off the rails. This may be news to California, but race and sex discrimination violate federal law. @CivilRights will take any appropriate action. pic.twitter.com/stFW4n0ufb

— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) June 17, 2026