# Administrative Procedure 19.2 - Affirmative Action Audit Process **Administrative Procedure 19.2 – Affirmative Action Audit Process** is the title of a [[Minnesota]] administrative procedure on [[Affirmative action|affirmative action]] audits. Its English Wikipedia entry was retrieved for this record on 26 October 2026 under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. The cached copy carries no section text and no revision identifier.[^1] The sources gathered for this article do not establish the procedure's issuing agency, its date of adoption or amendment, its text, or its scope. They also do not show which officials or parties adopted, amended or maintained it. Those facts are not supplied here.[^1] Minnesota's affirmative-action statute for state hiring, [[Minn. Stat. § 43A.191]], is the subject of a federal civil action. In [[United States v. State of Minnesota (0:26-cv-00273)]], filed January 14, 2026, the [[United States Department of Justice]] quotes the statute's requirement that an agency explain the reason for hiring a non-affirmative candidate.[^2] The record here does not establish whether Administrative Procedure 19.2 implements § 43A.191 or is named in that complaint.[^2] ## Federal action against the State On January 14, 2026, the United States filed *United States v. State of Minnesota*, No. 0:26-cv-00273, in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The suit is brought under [[Title VII]] of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]].[^2] The complaint cites Minn. Stat. § 43A.191 eight times. Those citations include subdivision 3(c), which requires an agency to explain the reason for hiring a non-affirmative candidate. The statute's text is the documentary predicate the complaint relies on.[^2] The record assembled here carries no docket entries after the filing, so the case's later status is not stated.[^2] The Department's Office of Public Affairs announced the filing the same day in release No. 26-21. The release is titled *United States Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota's 'Affirmative Action' Regime*. It states that Attorney General Pamela Bondi certified the case as a matter of general public importance.[^3] The release title uses "regime." Federal law has used the word for foreign governments the United States opposed. The [[Iraq Liberation Act]] of 1998, Pub. L. 105-338, states a policy of supporting efforts to remove "the regime headed by Saddam Hussein."[^4] The project's catalogue of U.S.-government "regime" usages ([[How Minnesota Got Here]], note 40) finds Minnesota the only U.S. state so described. That is the project's catalogue finding, not an independently established fact.[^3][^4] Title VII is the statute under which the complaint is brought. The Supreme Court construed it in [[Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services]], 605 U.S. 303 (2025). The Court held that Title VII's disparate-treatment provision "draws no distinctions between majority-group plaintiffs and minority-group plaintiffs." It also rejected the Sixth Circuit's heightened "background circumstances" rule for majority-group plaintiffs.[^5] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia contributors, *Administrative Procedure 19.2 - Affirmative Action Audit Process* (retrieved 26 October 2026) — this is the cached entry for the title, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, with no section text or revision identifier in the cache. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_Procedure_19.2_-_Affirmative_Action_Audit_Process [^2]: United States Department of Justice, *Complaint, United States v. State of Minnesota*, No. 0:26-cv-00273 (D. Minn. filed Jan. 14, 2026) — establishes the Title VII action, its eight citations of Minn. Stat. § 43A.191, and subd. 3(c)'s requirement to explain hiring a non-affirmative candidate. https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1423361/dl [^3]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *United States Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota's 'Affirmative Action' Regime*, release No. 26-21 (Jan. 14, 2026) — establishes the release title and Attorney General Bondi's certification of general public importance. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-department-justice-files-lawsuit-against-minnesotas-affirmative-action-regime [^4]: United States Congress, *Iraq Liberation Act of 1998*, Pub. L. 105-338 (1998) — establishes the statutory policy of supporting efforts to remove "the regime headed by Saddam Hussein." https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-105publ338/pdf/PLAW-105publ338.pdf [^5]: Supreme Court of the United States, *Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services*, 605 U.S. 303 (2025) — establishes the holding on Title VII disparate treatment and the rejection of the "background circumstances" rule. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1039_c0n2.pdf