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Dear CEO supporters, July turned out to be a busy—and successful—month in the Center for Equal Opportunity’s fight defending the principle of equality under the law. With its 2020-2021 term ending, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its last two opinions in cases in which CEO filed amicus briefs. In Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, CEO argued that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act guarantees that voters must be given an equal opportunity to vote regardless of their race or ethnicity, but it does not require a particular racial outcome in voting. The Court’s 6-3 majority made precisely the point …

Dear CEO supporters, Summer is officially here and things are heating up at the Center for Equal Opportunity. We’d like you to join the fun as CEO president and general counsel Devon Westhill is headlining this week’s online event sponsored by the New Civil Liberty’s Alliance. The event— titled “What’s the EEOC So Afraid of?“—takes place this Wednesday, June 23, at 4:30 p.m ET and you’re invited. Just click here and sign up, registration is free. More on the Wine & Cheesed series event from the NCLA: “NCLA’s Executive Director and General Counsel, Mark Chenoweth, chats with Devon Westhill, President and …

Dear CEO supporters, As you head out for Memorial Day weekend barbeques and family get-togethers, we wanted to update you on our recent efforts. It remains clear that many agencies at all levels of government, universities, and other politically correct elites do not share our commitment to colorblind public policy. At the Center for Equal Opportunity, we continue to monitor, expose, and challenge those who stray from this principle. We do so with the political branches at every level of government and in the courts of law. We also devote much of our efforts to the court of public opinion, by …

In the early days of the Biden administration, we have already seen a flurry of Executive Orders, memoranda, and concerning subcabinet appointments that point to a very active and radical civil rights agenda. Excesses in these areas has been met with a swift rebuke by CEO and its allies and we will continue to monitor the administration closely as we move past the president’s first 100 days.  As you watch supercharged events unfold in Minnesota and across the country, keep in mind CEO remains the only conservative organization dedicated exclusively to issues of race and ethnicity. The demands by protestors since the death of George Floyd …