Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice Harmeet Dhillon has seemingly been everywhere since she took on the job in April 2025. She’s been investigating all the dead people on the nation’s voter rolls, she’s come after states that are practicing what I call “legalized discrimination” — DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) — and she’s fought for religious liberties.
On Friday, she announced she’s targeting the state of Colorado, which is trying to force artificial intelligence companies to force their output to contain woke messaging. Her response: See you in court.
Today, @CivilRights & @DOJCivil intervened in a lawsuit to prevent Colorado from requiring AI companies to alter their algorithms & advance CO’s woke DEI goals.
— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) April 24, 2026
It’s illegal under the 14th Amendment to discriminate based on race, sex, & other protected classes—see you in court! pic.twitter.com/3MpJyn14Gn
Dhillon:
Hi, I'm excited to tell you about a very important new lawsuit that the Department of Justice filed today [Friday]. The civil rights division, partnering with the civil division, filed a motion to intervene in xAI's lawsuit challenging Colorado's new law that purports to require AI companies to alter their algorithms to comply with Colorado's crazy woke DEI goals.
There’s a little thing known as the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Dhillon reminded the wokesters in the Centennial State:
This is illegal under the 14th Amendment. We can't use race, sex, and gender, and force companies to change their products to comply with the state's criteria in this regard, but even worse, the state of Colorado actually allows this type of discrimination in its algorithms if it's for good reasons. So to remedy past discrimination. This is equally illegal under United States Supreme Court recent precedents.
The reality is, she argued, that the state cannot use its power to favor one group over another based on race, gender, or sexual orientation:
But most importantly, we shouldn't have the state putting its thumb on the scale and requiring companies to discriminate in their products by injecting and infecting them with woke DEI policies and programming. So, I'm happy to report that just a couple of hours after we filed our motion to intervene, the judge granted our motion, and so now, the United States is a party in this case, together with xAI, and we're here to fight for the rights of all of the AI companies to be able to operate in Colorado and throughout the United States without undue, unnecessary, and, of course, illegal discrimination and regulation by the state.
DOJ FILES ITS FIRST Constitutional challenge in an AI case, challenging state regulations on AI. We join @xai’s landmark suit, and stand against woke DEI standards being imposed by Colorado. Team effort with @DOJCivil ! Let’s go!!!! https://t.co/mX2bOvjq7p
— Harmeet K. Dhillon (@HarmeetKDhillon) April 24, 2026
On the official Justice Department website, Dhillon’s office explained more about the law and what it would (unlawfully) require:
The statute, Colorado SB24-205, requires AI “developers” and “deployers” to satisfy certain disclosure, reporting, and prevention requirements when creating algorithm products designed for services like mortgage lending, student admissions, and job-candidate selection. But the statute has an explicit carveout for discriminatory algorithms designed to advance “diversity” or “redress historic discrimination.” AI company xAI filed a lawsuit challenging the statute on April 9.
Most of us believe in equality, but “equity” is a different beast entirely and should have no basis in our laws or society. It is basically a license to pick and choose winners and losers, and it’s against the vision of our Founders.
Dhillon is right to say, “We’re not going to put up with it.”
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