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Instead it is using our nation’s foundational civil rights law as a pretext to coerce states into abandoning efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion through lawful programs and policies.”

In the current situation, “the legal argument for broadly coercing a state into doing what you want isn’t really different,” Boushey said.

“The question is, ‘Was that a coerced confession?’”

Prosecutors allege he "abused, threatened, and coerced women", and that he created "a criminal enterprise" involving forced labour, kidnapping, arson and bribery.

An Orange County high school wrestling coach has been arrested on suspicion of grooming young female athletes and coercing them into sex, authorities said.