EAST ST. LOUIS – Farmers Matt Morton and Joshua Morton of Kell, having proved that Congress shouldn’t exclude people from a benefit program on the basis of group identity, dismissed their discrimination suit on Aug. 30.
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. Senators and Representatives who excluded white farmers from a debt forgiveness program last year repealed the exclusion when they passed the inflation bill President Biden signed on Aug. 16.
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WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack must not spend money from a debt forgiveness program that excludes white farmers and ranchers, federal judges in Florida and Texas ruled.
District Judge Marcia Howard of Jacksonville enjoined payments on June 23, and District Judge Reed O’Connor of Forth Worth did the same on July 1.
O’Connor also certified a national class action, an order which could affect a suit pending before Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel in East St. Louis.
Pacific Legal Foundation of Sacramento filed the suit in June, for Marion County farmers Ryan Kent, Matthew Morton, and Joshua Morton.