Watchdog Flags Ethics Landmine for Biden Admin in Landmark Affirmative Action Case

The Washington Free Beacon ^ | Jan 05, 2022 | Kevin Daley

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A watchdog group is asking the Justice Department about its decision to waive ethics rules and let the administration's top Supreme Court lawyer argue a landmark affirmative action case involving her former employer, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.

Protect the Public's Trust filed a Freedom of Information Act request Wednesday for information about Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar's involvement with a legal brief the administration filed urging the Court to reject a lawsuit accusing Harvard of bias against Asians. Prelogar, a former Harvard employee, is barred by the Biden administration's ethics pledge from participating in the case without a waiver.

The request seeks all records relating to the decision to grant Prelogar a waiver, as well as communications involving Prelogar and the case, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard.

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[snip] Harvard paid Prelogar $10,500 for teaching and unspecified consulting services in 2019 and 2020. President Joe Biden issued an executive order on his first day in office that requires executive branch personnel to recuse themselves from matters involving their former employers and clients for two years, effective from the date of their appointment. The Free Beacon reported on Prelogar's potential conflict in August.

Prelogar obtained a waiver on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. The timing of the waiver is of particular concern to Protect the Public's Trust.

[ptsal]

Two-tier legal system in operation. /s

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archived story::: https://archive.fo/60sjp

[PghBaldy]

They should, like all schools, ban Chinese nationals (alien enemy nationals). Other than that, it is illegal discrimination. All to make blacks happy, and keep their votes.

[pas]

They promised it will only take 25 years to provide the FOI materials. This is better than halving the time it has taken in the past for the FDA a spokes (something or other) said.

[17th Miss Regt]

They promised it will only take 25 years to provide the FOI materials.

Well, it takes time for scribes to copy the paperwork. Also, the scribes may need to be hired. This involves jumping through a huge amount of regulatory and affirmative action hoops to get them on board and copying the requested materials. Then you need checkers to ensure that what the scribes wrote is indeed a true copy of the original documents. Also, vellum parchment is expensive and difficult to find.

[AndyJackson]

ban Chinese nationals

But that is where the money is...selling to the CHICOMS what they are buying. And the Chinese are paying top dollar to Americans who sell out. It's open source subversion - showing us how much the CHICOMS hold our ethical virtue in contempt.

[Brian Griffin]

“ban Chinese nationals”

The textbooks can probably be bought online.

Many of the lectures are probably online too.

This is 2022. Just about everything made in 2001 is no longer under patent.

[alexander_busek]

Also, vellum parchment is expensive and difficult to find.

The d*mn Gregorian Chanting in the background also doesn't help any.

Regards,

[17th Miss Regt]

If I can put up with rap music in the background while I am scribing, I can put up with Gregorian chants in the background while I am scribing.

Okay, I despise rap music. So even Gregorian chants may be a bridge too far.