[EL] Civil Penalty for "Civic Courage"?

[Samuel Bagenstos]

Do the people writing about this have any basis for concluding that this is
politically motivated and not just a case of an antidiscrimination
enforcement agency thinking it has a case?  I don't see any.

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 4:49 PM, Chambers, Hank <hchamber at richmond.edu>
wrote:

> Absolutely, the government should not retaliate against private citizens
> for demonstrating civic courage.  On the flip side, if the government can
> prove its case, Thiel should not be able to inoculate his company from the
> consequences of engaging in discriminatory behavior by speaking at the RNC
> (or the DNC for that matter) and rallying political friends to his cause.
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> -Hank
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> Henry L. Chambers, Jr.
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> Professor of Law
>
> University of Richmond School of Law
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> 28 Westhampton Way
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> Richmond, Va. 23173
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> (804) 289-8199
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> hchamber at richmond.edu
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> *From:* Sean Parnell [mailto:sean at impactpolicymanagement.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 27, 2016 3:51 PM
> *To:* Chambers, Hank; 'Steve Hoersting'; law-election at uci.edu
> *Subject:* RE: [EL] Civil Penalty for "Civic Courage"?
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> 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?
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>
> 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).
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>
>
> Sean Parnell
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> President, Impact Policy Management LLC
>
> Alexandria, Virginia
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> 571-289-1374
>
> sean at impactpolicymanagement.com
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> *From:* law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [
> mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
> <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"?
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> 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.
>
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> 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
> <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"?
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> $340,000,000.00, quite possibly. *Chicken feed....*
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> http://www.breitbart.com/california/2016/09/26/palantir-obama-admin-sues-
> peter-thiels-racial-discrimination/
>
>
>
> --
>
> Stephen M. Hoersting
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