U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman has blocked the Minority Business Development Agency from only offering services to minority-owned businesses, ruling race-conscious policies are unconstitutional.
A federal judge in Texas has ruled a government agency designed to help minority-owned businesses cannot refuse assistance to White applicants. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman on Tuesday ruled in favor of a group of White business-owners who sued the Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency , alleging the agency unconstitutionally gives preferential treatment to non-White entrepreneurs.
It has the potential of damaging the whole minority business sector because there will be less service available to minority-owned businesses," Robinson said. The U.S. Department of Justice has not issued a statement on the ruling. The Biden administration may appeal to the conservative-leaning 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Reuters contributed to this report.
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