Pruning the Overgrowth of Government Contracting Preferences

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dc.contributor.authorLa Noue, George R.
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-06T18:32:42Z
dc.date.available2021-01-06T18:32:42Z
dc.date.issued2011-09
dc.description.abstractThe policy of creating preferences for businesses owned at least fifty-one percent by members of “minority” groups is now more than three decades old. In 1977, Congressman Parren Mitchell, the head of the Congressional Black Caucus, inserted into the Public Works Employment Act an amendment guaranteeing that at least ten percent of the funding of all contracts under this program be awarded to minorities (“blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, Eskimos and Aleuts”). In Fullilove v. Klutznick, the Supreme Court, in a ruling without a clear standard of review, decided that the expenditure program was constitutional. After the Court’s response to these federal racial preferences, copycat programs spread to a variety of federal agencies and to many state and local governments where the political climate was favorable.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://fedsoc.org/commentary/publications/pruning-the-overgrowth-of-government-contracting-preferencesen_US
dc.format.extent3 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2wztv-kplf
dc.identifier.citationGeorge R. La Noue, Pruning the Overgrowth of Government Contracting Preferences, Engage, Vol. 12 Issue 2, pp. 62-64, https://fedsoc.org/commentary/publications/pruning-the-overgrowth-of-government-contracting-preferencesen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/20316
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe Federalist Societyen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Political Science
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC School of Public Policy
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.subjectminorityen_US
dc.subjectcontractsen_US
dc.subjectpoliticsen_US
dc.subjectSupreme courten_US
dc.titlePruning the Overgrowth of Government Contracting Preferencesen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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