https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-lawsuit-dot-dbe-constitution-b2759597.htmlTrump team looks to end $37B program designed to help minority business saying it violates the Constitution
oldest affirmative action program in U.S. history” and claimed that the program’s “goals” were in fact “discriminatory barriers” targeting nondesignated racial groups including white Americans.
“The word ‘disadvantaged’ is simply code for women and certain minorities,” the complaint stated, adding that: “Disfavored racial groups must compete with the preferred racial groups on an unequal footing.
“Because the DBE program violates the Constitution’s ‘promise of equal treatment,’ it must be permanently dismantled.”
Last January, under the Biden administration, the DOT hit back at the suit, saying that the plaintiffs had “notably” not identified any current transport construction contracts that had “race- or gender-based subcontracting goals due to the DOT DBE program.”
However, in a new filing on Wednesday, the administration said it had “re-evaluated its position,” in light of a 2023 Supreme Court ruling which blocked race-conscious college admissions.
“Defendants, upon review of the DBE program and their position in this litigation, have determined that the program’s use of race- and sex-based presumptions is unconstitutional,” the filing stated.
But of course, throwing due process out the window is just fine and not clearly unconstitutional
