. The suit claimed that the SBA’s decision to prioritize applications from businesses run by socially and economically disadvantaged groups, like women, veterans, and people of color was unconstitutional.
It turns out, however, that the plaintiffs in the case — Eric Nyman of the Penn Hotel Sports & Raw Bar in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and Janice and Jason Smith of the Lost Cajun in Keller, Texas — received vast relief funds themselves only a week after the suit was filed, according to a report in the. Nyman had submitted an application for relief on May 3 and was told by the SBA that he was eligible for over $640,000 in relief.
The lawsuit was backed by conservative legal advocacy group America First Legal, an organization founded by former Trump aides Stephen Miller and Mark Meadows. And while Nyman and the Smiths have been paid out from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, the nearly 3,000 businesses run by women and people of color will remain in limbo until the lawsuit is resolved.
White Owner of PA Sports Bar Claims Prioritizing Minority-Owned Businesses for Restaurant Relief Is Discriminatory
So much for equal access and treatment under the law.
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