Washington CNN —A federal judge in Texas said Tuesday that a US Commerce Department agency intended to help minority-owned businesses must offer assistance to all individuals, regardless of race, agreeing with White business owners who claimed that its policies were unconstitutional.
Because they aren’t on the Agency’s magic list, the Agency presumes they aren’t disadvantaged,” Pittman wrote.
Time’s up.”The MBDA is one of the only federal agencies focused exclusively on developing and advocating for minority-owned businesses.
In recent years, conservatives have increasingly turned to federal courts in Texas to challenge certain federal programs and actions.
“To the extent the MBDA offers services pursuant to an unconstitutional presumption, that’s fifty-five years too many,” Pittman said in his latest ruling.
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