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Raleigh News & Observer: ‘Not Surprising’: Judge Responds to Trump Admin’s Firing

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has reportedly dismissed New York Administrative Judge Karen Ortiz after she challenged White House guidance on defining sex and criticized the agency’s delays in transgender discrimination cases. Her firing has sparked controversy over the EEOC’s approach to LGBTQIA+ issues. The incident comes amid rising tensions between free speech and federal policy enforcement.

Administrative law judges should work under the supervision of the circuit courts and not be subjected to the whims of political appointee. As it is, Trump is turning administrative law judges into biased political hacks.


EEOC Chief Administrative Judge Regina Stephens called Ortiz’s public criticism unprofessional and damaging to the agency’s reputation. Ortiz maintained she was fulfilling her duty by highlighting EEOC mistreatment of LGBTQIA+ complainants.

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Ortiz is challenging her firing, alleging a hostile environment for LGBTQIA+ workers and a departure from the EEOC’s civil rights mission. She plans to continue civil rights advocacy and volunteer work.

Ortiz stated, “The news of my termination is very sad, although not surprising.” She added, “I think the agency has now become something that, I don’t know if I’d even really want to work there anymore. They’ve lost their way.”

Ortiz added, “It takes courage to take a stand, and be willing to be fired, and lose a six-figure job, and health insurance, and the prestige of the title of ‘judge,’ but I think it’ll also serve an example to future lawyers and young lawyers out there that a job title isn’t everything, and it’s more important to stay true to your values.”

‘Not Surprising’: Judge Responds to Trump Admin’s Firing

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/not-surprising-judge-responds-to-trump-admin-s-firing/ss-AA1JCH6M

Deadline: After Dodgers Incident With Federal Agents, Stephen Miller Co-Founded Legal Group Files Employment Complaint Over Team’s DEI Efforts

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A legal group co-founded by top White House aide Stephen Miller has filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, seeking an investigation of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

The America First Legal complaint, filed on Monday, claims that the Dodgers’ DEI policies “appear to discriminate against employees, or prospective employees, solely because of their skin color or sex.” They cite a reference on the team’s DEI page that outlines recruitment efforts, including “sponsoring programs geared toward women and people of color.”

Apparently in retaliation for the Dodgers’ refusal to all ICE access to their parking lot:

The complaint follows an incident on June 19 in which masked agents appeared near one of the Dodgers’s gates to its parking lot. Protesters gathered in the area, and the Los Angeles Police Department arrived at the scene, and the agents left. The Dodgers posted that that morning, “ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization.”

After Dodgers Incident With Federal Agents, Stephen Miller Co-Founded Legal Group Files Employment Complaint Over Team’s DEI Efforts
America First Legal filed the complaint with the EEOC after an incident last month where ICE agents were denied entry into Dodger Stadium.

https://deadline.com/2025/07/dodgers-dei-complaint-ice-1236447419

Associated Press: A judge resisted Trump’s order on gender identity. The EEOC just fired her

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The federal agency charged with protecting workers’ civil rights has terminated a New York administrative judge who opposed White House directives, including President Donald Trump’s executive order decreeing male and female as two “immutable” sexes.

In February, Administrative Judge Karen Ortiz, who worked in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s New York office, called Trump’s order “unethical” and criticized Acting Chair Andrea Lucas — Trump’s pick to lead the agency — for complying with it by pausing work on legal cases involving discrimination claims from transgender workers. In an email copied to more than 1,000 colleagues, Ortiz pressed Lucas to resign.

Judge Ortiz probably should have been a bit for discrete, but thank you for standing up for what is right.

A judge resisted Trump’s order on gender identity. The EEOC just fired her
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has fired New York administrative judge Karen Ortiz, who has openly criticized the agency’s compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order defining male and female as “immutable” sexes.

https://apnews.com/article/transgender-discrimination-trump-gender-eeoc-28901a16c60b789404ebaa18f7ecf73b