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States’ coalition files lawsuit over conditions on USDA funding
Programs at risk include school lunches; Women, Infants and Children (WIC); and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
The legally contentious coalition of 22 states’ attorneys general has filed another lawsuit against the Trump administration. This new one says the administration’s attempt to place conditions on the delivery of some U.S. Department of Agriculture funding is unconstitutional and illegal, said a New Mexico Department of Justice news release.The conditions being challenged involve immigration, gender identity, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. The lawsuit asks the court to prevent the USDA from putting these conditions on important programs such as school lunches; the Special Supplemental Nutrition program for Women; Women, Infants and Children (WIC); and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).The lawsuit argues that the administration has violated the Spending Clause of the U.S. Constitution by placing conditions without clear notice; and that the conditions also violated the Administrative Procedure Act, because they are arbitrary and beyond the USDA’s statuatory authority.”These programs are essential toi feeding New Mexico children, families, senior citizens, and rural communities,” said Raul Torrez, New Mexico Attorney General. “Almost half a million New Mexicans rely on SNAP funding alone for family meals, and I will not stand by while this admoinistration continues to attempt to take food from the tables of our working families.”Besides New Mexico, the coalition filing the lawsuit includes California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
The legally contentious coalition of 22 states’ attorneys general has filed another lawsuit against the Trump administration.
This new one says the administration’s attempt to place conditions on the delivery of some U.S. Department of Agriculture funding is unconstitutional and illegal, said a New Mexico Department of Justice news release.
The conditions being challenged involve immigration, gender identity, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. The lawsuit asks the court to prevent the USDA from putting these conditions on important programs such as school lunches; the Special Supplemental Nutrition program for Women; Women, Infants and Children (WIC); and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
The lawsuit argues that the administration has violated the Spending Clause of the U.S. Constitution by placing conditions without clear notice; and that the conditions also violated the Administrative Procedure Act, because they are arbitrary and beyond the USDA’s statuatory authority.
“These programs are essential toi feeding New Mexico children, families, senior citizens, and rural communities,” said Raul Torrez, New Mexico Attorney General. “Almost half a million New Mexicans rely on SNAP funding alone for family meals, and I will not stand by while this admoinistration continues to attempt to take food from the tables of our working families.”
Besides New Mexico, the coalition filing the lawsuit includes California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
