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On Thursday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted class certification and a preliminary injunction against the United States Department of Agriculture from providing loan forgiveness to farmers and ranchers on the basis of race or ethnicity, per an order from Judge Reed O Connor. The Court concludes that Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits of their claim that the Government’s use of race-and ethnicity-based preferences in the administration of the loan-forgiveness program violates equal protection under the Constitution, his order noted. In sum, the Government’s evidence falls short of demonstrating a compelling interest, as any past discrimination is too attenuated from any present-day lingering effects to justify race-based remedial action by Congress, Judge O Connor also wrote.
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