The Trump administration said on Wednesday that it agreed to consider the US Transportation Department to give billions of dollars to the Federal Highway and to allocate transit project financing for backward businesses.
In September, a judge in Kentucky ruled that a federal program was implemented in 1983, treating ethnic minorities and women -owned businesses as if he had been attracted and eligible for such financing.
The Department of Transportation filed a court in a court saying it had “agreed to the use of a racing and sexual speculation program.”
Earlier, the department had defended the policy as an attempt to remove past discrimination, but said it had re -evaluated its status in the light of factors, including the Supreme Court’s decision in a positive action case in 2023.
US District Judge Gregory Van Tatin Huo, an appointment of former Republican President George W. Bush, said that the federal government cannot classify people in a way that violates the principles of equal protection in the US constitution.
That partially relied on a Decision by the US Supreme Court last year It has effectively banned the policies of long -term positive action in the college entry to increase the number of black, Spanish and other unusual minority students on the US campus.
The program was re -authorized by the then Democratic President in 2021 Which bidenAct of the signature infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which puts M. on one sideFor this purpose, the Ore Billion is more than 37 billion.
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