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The so-called “equity agenda” of the Biden administration recently suffered a major defeat in federal court. In a lawsuit challenging the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) — a new federal agency dedicated to helping only certain preferred racial groups — a federal judge ruled that the Biden administration cannot discriminate on the basis of race. Is.

Mark Pittman, a Trump-appointed judge based in Fort Worth, Texas, gave the administration a remedial lesson in civics: “The Constitution demands equal treatment under the law.”

While such a statement should be obvious to any American, it came as a painful blow to the administration. On his first day in office, President Biden announced a “whole-of-government” approach to racial equality that required all of his agencies to “progress positively.”[e] Equity.” In practice, the equity agenda resulted in a set of programs open to some races but not others. Farmers, restaurant owners, homeowners, small business owners and federal contractors all received billions in federal tax dollars. , as long as they belonged to certain racial groups.

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