There’s always one in every class—the fella who fusses when the teacher tries to bring a little order to the room. In this case, the class clown is none other than Nevada’s Attorney General Aaron Ford, who, instead of thanking the Trump administration for finally putting reins on runaway ideological programs in our schools, decided to holler, stomp, and run off to court–again.
The Department of Education had the gall to say that if state and local agencies wanted federal dollars, they had to follow the law. Specifically, they had to drop so-called DEI programs that divide children by race and teach folks to see each other through the warped lens of grievance politics. The administration made it clear–either uphold the Civil Rights Act–equal treatment for all–or find another sugar daddy.
But Ford, bless his bureaucratic-dogmatic soul, wasn’t about to miss a chance to posture. He and 19 other like-minded attorneys general filed suit, bellyaching about “vague interpretations” and “legal incoherence,” as if asking states not to use public funds to peddle discrimination disguised as inclusion was a cryptic puzzle.
And, of course, Ford played the victim card like it was the last ace in the deck, claiming Nevada would be “forced” into lawsuits or have to abandon programs designed to “protect children.” Funny—many Nevadans voted precisely to end those programs, believing their children should learn reading and arithmetic, not grievance and groupthink.
Despite the left’s political concerns, the Trump administration is fulfilling its promises—restoring common sense to government, defending civil rights, and ensuring taxpayer money isn’t going to ideologues.
As for Ford, maybe someone needs to tie his hands with more red tape of his own making—just enough to keep him from signing any more lawsuits written in political theater and wrapped in moral panic. Because in the end, this ain’t about civil rights, but about whether the federal government gets to say, “If we’re footing the bill, we expect the rules to be followed.”
And that, as any farmer, blacksmith, or barber will tell you, is just plain fair.
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