1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

Launch an immediate investigation into Stephen Miller's role in the June 18 DOJ Office of Legal Counsel memo that authorizes states to institutionalize people with disabilities and discard decades of civil rights protections. Multiple sources briefed on the situation report Miller personally drove this memo after growing frustrated that DOJ's Civil Rights Division was still enforcing Olmstead v. L.C. settlements — including one reached with South Carolina just last December. The White House and DOJ are denying his involvement, and that denial is not credible. The 1999 Supreme Court Olmstead decision is settled law. It holds that the ADA prohibits unjustified segregation of people with disabilities. This memo tells states they can ignore it entirely, with no evidence cited to justify that position — Brandeis University researchers have documented that Olmstead settlements actually reduce housing costs for low-income people with disabilities. Orchestrating a legal opinion to strip civil rights protections from vulnerable people, then lying about who ordered it, is illegal, unconstitutional, and cruel. This is an abuse of power. It rises to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors under Article 2, Section 4 of the Constitution. Everyone involved — Miller and any administration official who directed or enabled this — must be investigated, impeached, convicted, removed from office, and prosecuted. Use every tool available to block this memo, demand a full congressional investigation, and move on removal proceedings now.