DOJ forgoes appeal of order blocking money for minority farmers
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Justice Department lawyers did something highly unusual this week: They passed up the chance to appeal a judge’s order blocking a congressionally created program supported by President Joe Biden from going into effect.
The Biden administration faced a deadline Monday to appeal the first of three preliminary injunctions that federal judges have issued against provisions in a March coronavirus aid bill that created a $4 billion program aimed at forgiving the debts of minority farmers.
A Justice Department spokesperson referred questions to the Agriculture Department about the lack of an appeal. A spokesperson there did not directly address the decision not to contest the preliminary injunction at an appeals court or the Supreme Court, but insisted the administration would keep defending the program at the trial court level as the litigation moves forward.
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