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Nevilledog

(55,184 posts)
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 06:12 PM 4 hrs ago

Stephen Miller Said to Drive DOJ Memo Eroding Disability Rights

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/stephen-miller-said-to-drive-doj-memo-eroding-disability-rights

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https://archive.md/20260623211849/https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/stephen-miller-said-to-drive-doj-memo-eroding-disability-rights

White House adviser Stephen Miller was the driving force behind the Justice Department’s recent memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities rather than fund community-based care, said people briefed on the situation.

Miller, the president’s powerful deputy chief of staff, was frustrated that the department’s Civil Rights Division was still reaching settlements compelling states to transfer those experiencing mental illness out of institutions, added the individuals, who spoke anonymously out of fear of retaliation.

They said Miller felt DOJ’s agreements—including one reached with South Carolina in December—would increase homelessness and didn’t adhere to President Donald Trump’s July executive order pressuring cities and states to move homeless people into treatment centers.

The June 18 DOJ Office of Legal Counsel opinion concluded states may disregard decades of Supreme Court precedent and ensuing regulations mandating integration of individuals with disabilities into home or community settings.

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Stephen Miller Said to Drive DOJ Memo Eroding Disability Rights (Original Post) Nevilledog 4 hrs ago OP
Steven Miller is an asshole. 1WorldHope 4 hrs ago #1
That's to nice of a word. Miller would gas and burn entire races alive given a chance. He's pure evil incarnate n/t Cheezoholic 4 hrs ago #2
This. orangecrush 3 hrs ago #5
The only thing canetoad 3 hrs ago #3
I cannot wait until Nuremberg II vapor2 3 hrs ago #4
I hope his sentence... 2naSalit 3 hrs ago #7
Hitler's Nazis killed many people who had disabilities. Norrrm 3 hrs ago #6
I appreciate you following this story. I heard it this weekend and was aghast. underpants 3 hrs ago #8
... Nevilledog 1 hr ago #10
Fuckn' Nazi! electric_blue68 2 hrs ago #9

Cheezoholic

(4,102 posts)
2. That's to nice of a word. Miller would gas and burn entire races alive given a chance. He's pure evil incarnate n/t
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 06:27 PM
4 hrs ago

2naSalit

(104,783 posts)
7. I hope his sentence...
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 06:47 PM
3 hrs ago

Includes him dangling from a gallows, it's the least that he deserves.

underpants

(197,792 posts)
8. I appreciate you following this story. I heard it this weekend and was aghast.
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 07:05 PM
3 hrs ago

I heard a blip on NPR and had to take a breath.

Joseph DeJarnette. This happened 90 minutes from here. It’s condos now, of course.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_DeJarnette

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