Word: peche
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...divided 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled thatfederal affirmative action programsmust adhere to the same strict standards as the states when offering help to minorities. The decision reverses a 1980 ruling that had allowed Congress greater leeway than the states in creating such programs. The case involved Randy Pech, a white Colorado contractor, who charged that a federal program offering government contractors financial incentives to use minority-owned firms as subcontractors unfairly discriminated against his business. Writing for the majority, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said the government must show that racial preference programs "serve a compelling government interest...
...minorities. Under a minority-preference program of the Department of Transportation, white-owned Adarand Constructors of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was bypassed for a federal job building highway guard rails, despite having submitted a lower bid than the winner--Gonzales Construction. Adarand sued. ``What is prejudice?'' asks Adarand manager Randy Pech. ``It's when government makes a decision based on something that doesn't matter, like race or gender.'' In the tangle of its earlier rulings on affirmative action, the Supreme Court has required states and localities to design race-based preferences narrowly, as compensation for well-documented prior discrimination...
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