Biden’s Race-Based Minority Business Rules Struck Down (1)

March 6, 2024, 9:11 PM UTCUpdated: March 7, 2024, 1:50 AM UTC

A Commerce Department agency for minority-owned businesses must begin serving all races, a federal judge ruled, in the latest courtroom blow to the Biden administration in Texas.

The 55 year-old Minority Business Development Agency violates the US Constitution’s equal protection clause by discriminating against White business owners, Judge Mark T. Pittman, of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, concluded, rejecting the Biden administration’s efforts to keep the agency’s mission intact.

“If courts mean what they say when they ascribe supreme importance to constitutional rights, the federal government may not flagrantly violate such rights with impunity,” Pittman ...

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