Partisan and Profitable: The SPLC’s Influence on Federal Civil Rights Policy

House Committee on the Judiciary · December 17, 2025

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Chair opened the Subcommittee, authorized recesses, apologized for the late start due to House floor votes, and announced the hearing topic: the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and federal civil rights policy.

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A House Committee on the Judiciary subcommittee hearing examined the Southern Poverty Law Center's 'hate map' and its influence on federal agencies, with partisan witnesses testifying both that the SPLC's designations are dangerous and that civil rights organizations play a critical public-safety role. Members traded sharply divergent views but took no formal votes.

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