"Federal law has long prohibited treating employees differently because of their race," Cotton stated in the letters, reminding the firms of the Supreme Court's recent declaration that "eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it."
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that a school's decision was legal for firing a guidance counselor for being in a same-sex marriage.
Biden's earlier student debt relief plan, which proposed $10,000 debt relief for low-to-middle-income borrowers and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients, was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in a 6-3 ruling.
Senator Cotton's argument is that Target's race-based initiatives, which purportedly aim to increase diversity and inclusion, may actually contravene federal civil rights laws by actively discriminating based on race.