Op-Ed: Trump profoundly damaged our civil rights. Here's how Biden can begin restoring them (via latimesopinion)
And it’s clear that the Trump administration isn’t done yet. Recently, OMB’s Office of Informational and Regulatory Affairs — which normally reviews proposed regulations and doesn’t wade into enforcement — sent a memo explicitly encouraging federal agencies toIt will not be easy to undo the profound damage done to our nation’s civil rights laws.
Under a Biden-Harris administration, all federal departments and agencies should conduct an audit of civil rights complaints and enforcement actions — or, more commonly, inactions — during the Trump administration, so they can uncover the full extent of civil rights violations and identify ways to strengthen protections. These audits should be made public, so the American people know what happened and what will be done to fix it.
And it isn’t enough to enforce our civil rights laws after they’ve been violated. We also need to invest up front in communities — reforming our criminal justice system, restoring fair housing protections, making environmental and climate justice a priority, and protecting the rights of all Americans from predatory and discriminatory practices. As a former community organizer, I can tell you that righting wrongs is good — but preventing them from happening in the first place is even better.
As my dear friend John Lewis, who died in July, said earlier this year: “A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few.” If Democrats win the White House in November, we cannot let four years of systematic neglect and abuse go unanswered — for everyone’s benefit we must make strengthening our civil rights agencies a priority.
Rep. Karen Bass, a Democrat, represents California’s 37th District and chairs the Congressional Black Caucus.
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