{"id":2482612,"date":"2025-09-04T19:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T23:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-wont-defend-usda-programs-wisconsin-farmer-sued-over\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T19:23:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T23:23:37","slug":"doj-wont-defend-usda-programs-wisconsin-farmer-sued-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-wont-defend-usda-programs-wisconsin-farmer-sued-over\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ won&#8217;t defend USDA programs Wisconsin farmer sued over"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-wont-defend-usda-programs-wisconsin-farmer-sued-over%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2482612&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided not to defend several Biden-era Department of Agriculture (USDA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-budget-office-minimum-wage-hike-would-cost-1-4-million-jobs\/\" title=\"Congressional Budget Office: Minimum Wage Hike Would Cost 1.4 Million Jobs\">aid programs<\/a> that were challenged by a Wisconsin farmer. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) filed a lawsuit in June on behalf of farmer Adam Faust, arguing that the USDA programs continued to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-poised-to-reject-democratic-challenge-to-arizona-election-laws\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Poised to Reject Democratic Challenge to Arizona Election Laws\">discriminate based<\/a> on race and sex. These programs include the Daily Margin Coverage Program, Loan Guarantee Program, and Environmental Quality Incentives Program.<\/p>\n<p>In a court filing, the USDA acknowledged that parts of these programs were unconstitutional due to race- and sex-based preferences. Faust had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-republican-glenn-youngkin-leads-democrat-terry-mcauliffe-day-before-virginia-election\/\" title=\"Poll: Republican Glenn Youngkin Leads Democrat Terry McAuliffe Day Before Virginia Election\">previously won<\/a> a 2021 case against the Biden governance concerning racial discrimination in the Farmer Loan Forgiveness Plan, also with assistance from WILL. The USDA requested a 60-day stay to revise the challenged programs, indicating a move away from using the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-covid-19-relief-bill-includes-1-billion-to-advance-racial-justice-in-farming\/\" title=\"Biden COVID-19 Relief Bill Includes  Billion To Advance \u2018Racial Justice\u2019 In Farming\">socially disadvantaged<\/a>&#8221; classification for benefits. WILL agreed to this stay until October 21.<\/p>\n<p>WILL&#8217;s Deputy Legal Counsel stated that the lawsuit reinforced the end of federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs as ordered by former President Trump and expressed optimism for further progress toward equality. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DOJ won&rsquo;t defend USDA programs Wisconsin farmer sued over<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2221264\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; The U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Justice <\/a>won&rsquo;t defend a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden<\/a>-era <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-agriculture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Agriculture<\/a> aid programs that were challenged by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin<\/a> farmer.<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed a June lawsuit on behalf of Chilton&rsquo;s Adam Faust claiming the USDA had continued programs that discriminated against farmers based on race and sex.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3794483\/california-student-faculty-walk-out-over-gender-policies\/\">California students, faculty walk out over gender policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3794413\/bannon-natcon-trump-recommendations-expel-chinese-nationals\/\">Steve Bannon gives four recommendations to Trump at NatCon conference&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3793869\/newsom-trump-military-deployment-los-angeles-120-million\/\">Newsom: Trump&#8217;s military deployment to Los Angeles has cost $120 million so far<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The USDA&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dojmotion.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote in a filing<\/a>&nbsp;that it had &ldquo;determined that the [USDA] programs at issue in this case are unconstitutional to the extent they include preferences based on race and sex.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Faust previously won a 2021 victory against the Biden administration for race discrimination in the Farmer Loan Forgiveness Plan with the help of WILL.<\/p>\n<p>The June lawsuit claimed that discriminated had continued in the USDA&rsquo;s Daily Margin Coverage Program, Loan Guarantee Program and Environmental Quality Incentives Program.<\/p>\n<p>The USDA asked for a 60-day stay as it looks to adjust the programs in question, citing a February statement on a previous challenge to the programs that said &ldquo;USDA has independently determined that it will no longer employ the race- and sex-based &lsquo;socially disadvantaged&rsquo; designation to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >provide increased benefits based<\/a> on race and sex in the programs at issue in this case.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3792165\/trial-hannah-dugan-judge-accused-helping-illegal-immigrant-evade-arrest-set-december\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRIAL FOR JUDGE ACCUSED OF HELPING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT EVADE ARREST SET FOR DECEMBER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WILL agreed to the 60-day stay in the litigation until Oct. 21.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This lawsuit served as a much-needed reminder to the USDA that President Trump has ordered the end to all federal DEI programs,&rdquo; WILL Deputy Legal Counsel Dan Lennington said in a statement. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s more work to do be done, but today&rsquo;s victory gives us a clear path to do even more in the name of equality.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOJ refuses to defend USDA programs sued by Wisconsin farmer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2869,"featured_media":2482613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP16286583755232.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7076,62627,62628],"class_list":["post-2482612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-doj","tag-usda-programs","tag-wisconsin-farmer"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP16286583755232.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2482612"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2482616,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482612\/revisions\/2482616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2482613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2482612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2482612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2482612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}