The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) today released a new Expert Insight highlighting the Trump Administration’s efforts to restore equal treatment under the law by eliminating the use of disparate impact doctrine. These actions represent major progress toward a simple principle: Americans should be treated equally under the law.
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) urges the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to finalize its proposed rule eliminating the EEO-1 through EEO-6 reporting requirements and the related federal recordkeeping mandates.
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) celebrates USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins and HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.’s announcement of the Harvest to Hallways initiative, the next large step in the Trump Administration’s effort to implement responsible nutrition policy. Through its policy work, AFPI has advocated expanding access to high-quality protein, dairy, fruits, vegetables, and other real foods while creating greater opportunities for America's farmers and ranchers and strengthening the connection between federally supported nutrition programs and local communities.
Americans have a direct interest in the fate of Europe through a civilizational bond and culture grounded in history, heritage, language, and a shared responsibility to defend Western civilization. As Walter McDougall wrote in his The Mighty Continent: A Candid History of Modern Europe:
Two hundred and fifty years ago, our nation was founded on three defining principles: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. They remain, to this day, the cornerstone of the American Dream. Throughout our history, prominent America First voices and government leaders have steered public policy to reflect these principles. Yet among them, the right to life is foundational — for without life, neither liberty nor the pursuit of happiness can exist.
Disparate impact doctrine holds that a policy or practice can be considered “discriminatory” even when it does not intentionally treat people differently based on a protected characteristic, such as race or sex. Instead, the focus is on whether the policy has substantially different effects on protected groups. This understanding inverts the traditional understanding of discrimination (treating people differently), otherwise known as “disparate treatment.”
he America First Policy Institute (AFPI) applauds the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing the United States Postal Service (USPS) to continue preparing for implementation of a rule requiring ballot barcodes and other mail-ballot safeguards, reversing lower court action that had blocked the measures ahead of the midterms. The ruling comes days after USPS published the new rule partially implementing President Trump’s executive order on mail ballot security. The high court’s ruling is an important step toward ensuring the integrity of mail-in ballots, and AFPI has been engaged throughout this process, filing a public comment on the USPS rule, publishing a statement on that submission, and a commentary making the case for a secure ballot system.
California’s “sanctuary” policies restrict the degree to which local law enforcement can work with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It is a policy that has a terrible cost in human lives.