Judge rules Biden-era internet grant program unconstitutionally prioritized racial minorities

Judge rules Biden-era internet grant program unconstitutionally prioritized racial minorities :: GrabienNews

Court strikes down racial set-asides as illegal in Biden-era broadband access law

Congress violated the Constitution when it gave special treatment to racial or ethnic minorities in a Biden-era internet access grant program, a federal judge has ruled.

Federal court rules that race-based preferences in Biden-era broadband access law are illegal

The ruling was by Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush nominee to the court, who said that the 2023 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court striking down race-based preferences in college admissions, was the basis for his decision.

Judge rules Biden-era internet grant program unconstitutionally prioritized racial minorities

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a high-speed internet grant program signed into law by President Biden unconstitutionally used race as a factor in deciding where to dole out the funds.  U.S. District Judge John Bates heavily cited the Supreme Court’s decision invalidating affirmative action in higher education admissions in agreeing with President Trump, who has called the program “racist.”