AT. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s attorney general. Keith Ellison, sued the Trump administration for threatening to cancel all federal aid to the state unless it bans transgender girls from girls sports. Ellison said the Trump threat violates the 10th Amendment to the J.S. Constitution by trying to coerce Minnesota to change its nondiscriminatory culture. Ellison’s suit was directed at Trump’s attorney general, Pam Bondi. She claimed Minnesota was in violation of two Trump’s executive orders on his first day in office on January 2o:
> “Gender Ideology Order.”
> “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.”
As Trump’s agent, Bondi also threatened to cut off federal funds to California and Maine. In Minnesota this is $42 billion, 35% of the state budget. At a news conference Ellison noted that Trump was over-reaching his presidential authority either out of ignorance about what he can do legally through executive orders — or more likely bullying: “We will not participate in this shameful bullying.”