This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
The legal team at the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, during the Joe Biden administration, took on the United States Department of Agriculture for programs that were race-based, and ended up injuring those of the wrong race.
But the problems were not eradicated, and the legal team now is confirming that Wisconsin dairy farmer Adam Faust is telling the feds to fix the rest, or be sued again.
The issue is that the programs violate both the U.S. Constitution and President Donald Trump's executive orders from earlier this year.
They are similar to the fight handled by WILL under Biden.
"If not corrected within 60 days, a federal lawsuit will be filed on Mr. Faust's behalf against the Trump administration," the legal team's report said.
Deputy counsel Dan Lennington explained, "The Trump administration has taken some commendable steps to root out race discrimination in many agencies, but we have a long way to go. Millions of farmers face economic uncertainty, from unpredictable weather to rising input costs, all of which are far beyond their control, only then to be punished economically because of their race. It's immoral, unconstitutional, and it's time for it to stop once and for all. The clock is ticking, and we won't hesitate to take the Trump administration to court to protect farmers from race discrimination."
The team's client, Faust, said, "USDA offers important resources for dairy farmers, including margin coverage, loan guarantees, and grants. But it is outrageous that some farmers get a better deal based on race. I am hopeful the Trump administration will change course and fix these discriminatory programs."
Faust runs a dairy in Chilton, Wis., and like millions of other American farmers, is a white male.
He successfully sued the Biden administration for race discrimination in the Farmer Loan Forgiveness Program, in which a federal court held that granting loan forgiveness only to "socially disadvantaged farmers" was, in fact, unconstitutional race discrimination.
Congress eventually repealed that scheme.
But the USDA still is "running over two dozen race-based programs that unconstitutionally discriminate against farmers and ranchers every day," WILL said.
Among those is the discriminatory Dairy Margin Coverage Administrative Fee.
That "offers financial assistance when the margin between the milk price and the average feed cost falls below a coverage level chosen by the producer. All 'socially disadvantaged farmers' are exempt from the fee. USDA regulations define this phrase to include only the following racial groups: American Indians or Alaskan Natives, Asians or Asian Americans, Blacks or African Americans, Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, and women," WILL said.
Others include the Loan Guarantee Program and the Environmental Quality Incentive Program.
