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Trump-Aligned Group Seeks Federal Probe of Johns Hopkins Medical School’s DEI Programs

It argues that DEI offices have become an entrenched ideology that evades the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban by steering applicants through race-based pipelines.

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Overview

  • America First Legal, the conservative group founded by Trump adviser Stephen Miller, filed a 37-page complaint July 17 with the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division alleging unlawful discrimination by Johns Hopkins Medical School.
  • The complaint claims the school uses race-based outreach and pathway programs to “pre-filter” candidates and secure predetermined demographic outcomes in admissions, hiring and scholarships.
  • America First Legal has asked the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services civil rights offices to open parallel investigations, audit all federal funding to the School of Medicine since fiscal 2021 and suspend grants until DEI offices are dismantled.
  • The filing contends that DEI at Johns Hopkins is a governing ideology, not a passive commitment, leading to “systemic, intentional and ongoing discrimination” and sidestepping the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against affirmative action.
  • Johns Hopkins, one of the largest recipients of federal research funds, has not responded publicly, and federal agencies have not yet indicated whether they will act on the complaint.