[EL] Civil Penalty for "Civic Courage"?

[Chambers, Hank]

In its six-page complaint  (https://www.dol.gov/sites/default/files/newsroom/newsreleases/OFCCP20160926_0.pdf ), the government asserts that Palantir, a government contractor that Peter Thiel co-founded, violated an executive order that bars employment discrimination by government contractors.  If Palantir has violated the order, it may lose its government contracts.  Back to 2010, Palantir has been a party to government contracts of $340 million.  Losing the contracts would hurt, but does not appear to be a $340,000,000 civil penalty.

We are a long way from 7 minutes of supposed civic courage (Peter Thiel’s RNC speech) causing a $340 million civil penalty.

-Hank

Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
Professor of Law
University of Richmond School of Law
28 Westhampton Way
Richmond, Va. 23173
(804) 289-8199
hchamber at richmond.edu

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Hoersting
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 2:18 PM
To: law-election at uci.edu
Subject: [EL] Civil Penalty for "Civic Courage"?

What's the civil penalty for 7 minutes of J. Scalia's "civic courage"?

$340,000,000.00, quite possibly. Chicken feed....

http://www.breitbart.com/california/2016/09/26/palantir-obama-admin-sues-peter-thiels-racial-discrimination/

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Stephen M. Hoersting
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