[EL] Civil Penalty for "Civic Courage"?

[Sean Parnell]

Steve and/or the Breitbart article may have overstated the “penalty for civic courage,” but I assume we can all agree that if the DoL action has in fact been taken in retaliation for Peter Thiel’s political/policy advocacy, it should be hugely troubling? That there should be no “penalty for civic courage” emanating from the government?

 

Oh, and for what it’s worth, a review of the DoL filing shows the department’s action on this dates back to at least October of 2015, so it’s not clear this recent action is tied to his recent speech (though his political/ideological views have been known for a while).

 

Sean Parnell

President, Impact Policy Management LLC

Alexandria, Virginia

571-289-1374

sean at impactpolicymanagement.com

 

 

 

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Chambers, Hank
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 3:17 PM
To: Steve Hoersting <hoersting at gmail.com>; law-election at uci.edu
Subject: Re: [EL] Civil Penalty for "Civic Courage"?

 

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 <mailto:hchamber at richmond.edu> 

 

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu <mailto: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 <mailto: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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