By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A white married couple that owns two landscaping companies has sued Houston, claiming that the city's requirement that ...
By Daniel Wiessner - A white married couple that owns two landscaping companies has sued Houston, claiming that the city's requirement that certain government contracts be set aside forLamborghinis on display in Point Pleasant Park | SaltWire - A white married couple that owns two landscaping companies has sued Houston, claiming that the city's requirement that certain government contracts be set aside for minority-owned businesses runs afoul of the U.S. Constitution.
The lawsuit is the latest to challenge affirmative action programs since the U.S. Supreme Court in June struck down race-conscious policies in college student admissions in rulings involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. The suit was filed on the same day that an anti-affirmative action group sued the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, claiming the Army school's affirmative action practices unconstitutionally discriminate against white applicants.
The office of Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, a Democrat, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Thompsons are represented by the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation, which said that racial set-asides feed into stereotypes that some racial groups cannot succeed without government help.
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