{"id":119914,"date":"2026-02-05T13:20:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T18:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/investigation-of-nikes-dei-practices-could-have-major-nationwide-impact-on-hiring-says-alan-dershowitz-119914"},"modified":"2026-02-05T13:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T18:20:27","slug":"investigation-of-nikes-dei-practices-could-have-major-nationwide-impact-on-hiring-says-alan-dershowitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/investigation-of-nikes-dei-practices-could-have-major-nationwide-impact-on-hiring-says-alan-dershowitz-119914","title":{"rendered":"Investigation of Nike&#8217;s DEI practices could have major nationwide impact on hiring, says Alan Dershowitz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A Harvard Law School professor said the federal investigation into Nike\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/dei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices<\/a> \u2014 alleged to discriminate against White employees \u2014 could have sweeping implications for public and private hiring practices.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a big, big, big deal, because many, many companies were forced under DEI&#8230; to create Black quotas and quotas for other groups,&#8221; Professor Alan Dershowitz said Thursday on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dershowitz said the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission\u2019s (EEOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/nikes-diversity-initiatives-under-eeoc-scrutiny-alleged-discrimination-against-white-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigation into Nike<\/a> may lead to increased scrutiny of DEI-driven quotas, adding that race-based hiring targets create a &#8220;negative impact&#8221; on other groups.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And it looks like, from the Nike investigation, that the EEOC is going to apply this not only backwards but forwards, and it&#8217;s going to have a major impact on hiring around the United States in private companies as well as public schools,&#8221; Dershowitz said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the probe could impact universities&#8217; hiring and admissions practices, pointing to the &#8220;big question&#8221; of whether the Supreme Court&#8217;s 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court-rejects-affirmative-action-ruling-universities-using-race-admissions-decisions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">affirmative action decision<\/a> \u2014 which ruled against the use of race as a factor in college admissions, citing a violation of the 14th Amendment&#8217;s Equal Protection Clause \u2014 will be applied &#8220;only forward-looking or retroactively, as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dei-woke-ideology-life-support-under-trumps-return-dc-could-come-roaring-back-rebrand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DEI AND WOKE IDEOLOGY ARE ON LIFE SUPPORT UNDER TRUMP&#8217;S RETURN TO DC, BUT COULD COME ROARING BACK WITH REBRAND<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Nike called the probe &#8220;a surprising and unusual escalation,&#8221; but said it has cooperated thus far.<\/p>\n<p>Dershowitz said Nike shouldn&#8217;t be surprised.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/nike-plans-cut-hundreds-jobs-amid-automation-push\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NIKE PLANS TO CUT HUNDREDS OF JOBS AMID AUTOMATION PUSH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They complied with what the [Biden] administration wanted them to do. Now, there&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new administration<\/a>, a new sheriff in town, and that new sheriff wants a different approach,&#8221; Dershowitz said. &#8220;And the American people want that approach, and the Supreme Court wants that approach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He praised the return to meritocracy, &#8220;where people get hired on the basis of merit, not on the basis of the color of their skin or their gender or their woke policies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll make this a much better country if we really apply meritocracy, and if you apply meritocracy fairly, you&#8217;re going to get a lot of diversity as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News Digital&#8217;s Anders Hagstrom, Brianna Herlihy, Bill Mears, Shannon Bream and Haley Chi-Sing contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/investigation-nikes-dei-practices-could-have-major-nationwide-impact-hiring-says-alan-dershowitz\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/investigation-nikes-dei-practices-could-have-major-nationwide-impact-hiring-says-alan-dershowitz <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Harvard Law School professor said the federal investigation into Nike\u2019s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices \u2014 alleged to discriminate against White employees \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-119914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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