Ronald Bethea Analyzes What Does These Court Decision Mean to Black America?

                Ronald Bethea Analyzes What Does These Court Decision Mean to Black America? Judge dismisses EPA grant termination lawsuit A federal judge on Friday tossed out a lawsuit brought by almost two dozen nonprofit groups and localities whose environmental justice grants were terminated by EPA. The Supreme Court has made it clear that challenges to terminated grants must be heard by a special tribunal, the judge ruled. It’s the first time a court has ruled in EPA’s favor regarding grant terminations. The ruling marks a blow for the hundreds of recipients of funding from EPA and other agencies who have seen huge swaths of grants canceled because the Trump administration disapproves of the spending, though they may be able to pursue damages in a different court.   Judge dismisses EPA grant termination lawsuit Author:  Alex Guillén       Published: 8/29/2025      Politico A judge has ruled for the first time that EPA has the power to rescind the grants awarded by the Biden administration. A federal judge on Friday tossed out a lawsuit brought Ronald BetheaSeptember 2, 2025UncategorizedEditRead moreJudge rules EPA termination of environmental justice grants was unlawful A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that EPA’s termination of $600 million in environmental justice grants issued by the Biden administration for low-income areas and communities of color was unlawful. The ruling over the Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program comes as EPA is separately appealing a ruling that its termination of $20 billion in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grants was also unlawful. Congressional Republicans have proposed rescinding funding for both grant programs as part of their reconciliation bills. The Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program was part of a $2.8 billion tranche of funding under the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act intended for community groups to provide block grants to address pollution that takes a disproportionately heavy toll on communities of color and low-income and rural areas.