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Project 2025 has a radical anti-democracy, anti-diversity, anti-gender agenda to:
✓ systematically dismantle the federal government – a soft coup

✓ give the next Republic new “supreme powers” – an autocracy

✓ use Executive Orders to “legally” reverse many of our civil rights

✓ use the military to help clamp down on domestic dissent

✓ criminalize & erase gender & LGBTQ+ identity from government protection

✓ reverse racial equality, attack diversity, and reverse environmental gains

✓ replace secular education with Christian theocracy and a pro-life agenda

✓ recruit and train 20,000 conservatives for government jobs

✓ Use “Schedule F” to remove 50,000 civil servants

✓ Require government “Loyalty Pledges” to an extremist right-wing agenda

✓ Reverse historic US defense policy of deterrence to offense

✓ Require US foreign policy, USAID to align with pro-life agenda

✓ Launch their 180-day administrative takeover on Jan. 20, 2025

Project 2025 appears likely to have significant impacts on the criminal justice system if implemented, particularly in ways that could disproportionately affect African Americans:
Expanding capital punishment: Project 2025 calls for overturning Supreme Court limits on the death penalty, specifically targeting the Kennedy v. Louisiana decision that bars capital punishment for crimes other than murder. The plan urges the Justice Department to "pursue the death penalty for applicable crimes, particularly heinous crimes involving violence and sexual abuse of children".
Increased federal prosecutions: The plan advocates for reassigning election-related offenses to the Criminal Division of the Justice Department, potentially leading to more aggressive federal prosecutions.
Stricter law enforcement: Project 2025 plans to use the Department of Justice to "crack down" on certain issues, suggesting a more punitive approach to criminal justice.
Potential rollback of reform efforts: While not explicitly stated in the provided information, the overall tone and direction of Project 2025 suggests it may seek to reverse or limit recent criminal justice reform efforts that have aimed to address racial disparities in the system.
Focus on "core statistics": The plan calls for the Bureau of Justice Statistics to focus on "core statistics involving crime and punishment, such as those relating to serious crimes committed, imprisonment, time served". This could potentially shift focus away from data collection on racial disparities or police misconduct.
These proposed changes could have significant implications for African Americans, who are already disproportionately affected by the criminal justice system:
Expanding capital punishment could exacerbate existing racial disparities in death penalty cases.
Increased federal prosecutions and stricter law enforcement may lead to higher incarceration rates among African Americans.
Rolling back reform efforts could undo progress made in addressing systemic racism within the criminal justice system.
It's important to note that these potential impacts are based on the stated goals of Project 2025 and would depend on the actual implementation of these policies. The plan appears to prioritize a more punitive approach to criminal justice, which historically has had disproportionate effects on African American communities.

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