Trump's DOJ keeps busy suing states for not being bigoted enough. - Daily Kos

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DOJ keeps busy suing states for not being bigoted enough

by Lisa Needham
Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 4:00:09p CDT

On Monday, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of Minnesota for allowing undocumented residents to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges, further devolving the DOJ from an entity that protected civil rights to one that eradicates them.

The DOJ’s argument is that it’s unconstitutional to give undocumented residents in-state tuition because it discriminates against U.S. citizens. How? Because those who aren’t Minnesota residents do not receive in-state tuition rates.

This is a comically bad argument, as there is no way that non-Minnesota residents could ever receive in-state tuition. Giving the benefit to undocumented state residents does not deprive non-Minnesota residents of anything because they were never entitled to those benefits in the first place.

The lawsuit against Minnesota is basically the same as the DOJ’s lawsuit against Texas earlier this month. Texas had a similar law, which passed with bipartisan support and was signed into law by then-Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican. But once President Donald Trump issued some bigoted executive orders attacking immigrants, Texas immediately agreed to a consent judgment agreeing with the DOJ and declaring its own state law unconstitutional.

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[AZJonnie]

1. Such a fascist fuck