Posted on 05/27/2021 9:24:49 AM PDT by george76
A Wyoming rancher is suing the Biden administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture claiming race discrimination over a federal loan forgiveness program that bars her from participating because she is white.
Leisl Carpenter, a 29-year-old rancher from Laramie, says in the lawsuit that the “American Rescue Plan” loan forgiveness program is unconstitutional because it discriminates.
“Like a lot of farmers and ranchers, our client has struggled to keep her family ranch afloat through all the difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic, only to learn that she is ineligible to even apply for Biden’s loan forgiveness program solely due to her race,” Mountain States Legal Foundation Associate General Counsel William E. Trachman said Tuesday. “Instead of being rescued by Biden’s plan, she’s been excluded and discriminated against for no other reason than the color of her skin.”
MSLF and the Southeastern Legal Foundation filed the lawsuit in the United States District Court, District of Wyoming on Carpenter's behalf.
In March 2021, the Biden administration signed At question is the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, signed by Biden in March, which provides $4 billion to forgive loans for “socially disadvantaged” ranchers and farmers. White ranchers are excluded, the lawsuit contends, which is in violation of the Constitution’s guarantee of Equal Protection under the Fifth Amendment.
“The blatant discrimination in the American Rescue Plan Act, Section 1005, is ridiculous,” Carpenter said. “The government needs to bring an end to this horrendous practice of racial discrimination immediately and start treating Americans as individuals based on character and individual qualities, not based on the color of their skin.”
Carpenter owns the 2,400-acre Flying Heart Ranch in Wyoming’s Big Laramie Valley, which she inherited when she was younger, according to a news release. She took out an FSA loan when she was younger to save the family ranch, but the COVID-19 pandemic added to her financial problems. When she heard of the pandemic-related loan forgiveness program, she thought it could be a lifeline, but then she learned she wasn't eligible, according to the news release.
Making skin color the basis of a government benefit is not only unconstitutional: it is also morally wrong,” Trachman said. “One simply cannot promote racial justice by perpetuating racial injustice. The way to end discrimination is to stop discriminating.”
May take five years of court action, but I think the government is on the hook for discrimination. Whoever thought up this regulation...ought to be fired.
Let the lawsuits begin !!!
God bless Ms Carpenter for fighting the government’s systemic racism against whites.
And Attorney Trachman is absolutely right that you cannot end discrimination by practicing discrimination.
A clear 14th Amendment violation.
Now we can claim racism because we’re white.
Let’s make it a class action suit.
237 million Caucasians against the “government” that seems to think of them as hostages.
“One simply cannot promote racial justice by perpetuating racial injustice. The way to end discrimination is to stop discriminating.”
Can’t make it any clearer than the above statement.
The anti-discrimination laws already passed are for everyone regardless of color.
The regime usurping DC cannot discriminate based on color or sex.
This regime is promoting criminal behavior and discrimination based on color, religion and race.
They have screwed thing up royally in every area of the country, including Oregon where certain monetary benefits are based solely on COLOR.
Any politician, including Gov. Brown, needs to step down or be prosecuted!
Also, constitutional law prohibits putting non-citizens above citizens and this is running rampant.
That statement would pretty much blow up the entire Affirmative Action program, would it not?
The 14th Amendment says States cannot make or enforce any law denies equal protection under the law. It says nothing about the Federal Government doing so.
So there is the justification. This creates an excellent opportunity for the judiciary to legalize discrimination in furtherance of “woke” culture.
agree!! Lawfare!! Lawfare!! and even more lawfare!!!
She has no standing, because she is white, and it is impossible to discriminate against racist whites.
What? You mean like, affirmative action? Minority hiring quotas? Low interest minority owned business loans?
You mean, like all that stuff?
In light of your post whoever argues this will undoubtedly have their hands full...like chasing their own tail.
Biden is trying to cover up his own long-time racism.
IMO-—it also is blatant DISCRIMINATION to give lots of money to people who have kids.
Those of us who never had kids are not getting the same financial tax breaks.
That’s discrimination right there - how about: I Identify Having Kids
I’m pretty sure the 14th applies to the Fed courtesy of the courts.
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