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Questiоn Twо (One Hоur аnd а Hаlf) For the many progressives who abhor living in the era of President Trump, their progressive local governments provide them a measure of happiness. The city of Seeger in the state of Vermont is one such place. The residents of Seeger, an old and wealthy New England town with a population that has been for decades, on average, 95% white (only since 2021 has that number declined to 90), wish to do their share to build a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable society (“DEI”). Two years ago., the Seeger City Council decided to begin with the problem of structural racism in the provision of health care services in its city. The Council held a series of hearings, which included several witnesses, beginning with long-term residents prominent in the health care community, who testified that the city’s historically nearly all white population made it difficult, despite repeated attempts to recruit new people and most residents’ predisposition to support vigorous civil rights protections, to attract professionals of color to Seeger. Several doctors of historically excluded races who have moved to Seeger in the last decade testified that they were reluctant to consider Seeger because they felt uncomfortable living in a community with such meager diversity. They only changed their mind when they were offered above market compensation and the assurance that the community would support their practice. (They also made it clear that, on the whole, the community has been welcoming, and they are happy.) Based on these hearings, the City Council concluded that the best way to remedy the historic imbalance in minority race health professionals is to ensure that the city offers sufficient economic incentives to attract diverse professionals to the area. Because the progressive city provides extensive publicly funded health care to its residents, the city has the economic tools to achieve its goals of fostering equity. The Council voted, by ordinance, to establish a program that requires that 25% of city awarded and funded contracts for the provision of health care services be awarded to health care companies owned and managed by minority health care professionals, defined specifically in the ordinance as Black, Hispanic, or Asian professionals (no percentage was set by race—all contracts with minority owned and managed companies count to the 25% requirement.) The Council reasoned that, as the city’s current minority population is only 10%, the 25% requirement serves as a concrete inducement to attract new health care professionals to the area. While most people in Seeger were delighted with this program, a group of city health care companies owned and managed by white professionals are not. They have sued. Part of the ordinance establishing the program also set the rules for how the contracted parties will continue to renew. The ordinance states that all contractors who provide satisfactory service as measured by surveys distributed to and submitted by those served by the health care companies will be renewed annually. There is, however, a provision that states that if the director of the Seeger health department finds that the owner or manager of a contracting institution commits an “act of moral turpitude” the contract will be summarily terminated, by notice sent by letter, with no further pre or post termination process required. Dr. Joseph Young (who is Black) is the owner and manager of a health care provider that provided services to the city. Consumer surveys reported that a substantial majority of patients found the company’s service satisfactory or excellent. Young, in fact, had already been verbally informed by the director of the city health department that his company had met all the criteria for renewal. Unfortunately, a few weeks ago, a neighbor of Young’s, Julie Foreman, a notorious animal rights activist who publicly targets abusers of animals, posted on social media outlets a report of an anonymous accusation, complete with supporting video, that Young had beaten and abused his dogs. The post went viral and several days later, Young received a letter informing him that, in the opinion of the director of the city health department, that his animal abuse constituted an act of moral turpitude, mandating the immediate termination of his contract. Young, as expected, is livid. The city contract was the source of most of his business, and its loss jeopardizes the existence of his enterprise. What makes it more galling is that he is completely innocent of the charges leveled against him—he has never abused his dogs. The video posted by Foreman is a “deep fake” using other images of Young, sent anonymously to Foreman so she could use it to attack Young. Neither the city director nor Foreman will agree to meet or even talk to Young to hear his side of the story or review his evidence regarding the video. Young has no choice but to file suit challenging the city’s actions, and he has also sued Foreman for damages after she refused to retract her posting. Her outrageous refusal to even to look at Young’s authoritative evidence or listen to him, fueled by pathological hatred of animal abusers, demonstrates her intent to inflict emotional distress on him because of her unshakeable, but utterly mistaken, belief he is an animal abuser. Following events in Seeger is Rep. Bill Coburn, a U.S. Congress member from Texas, and inveterate ideological opponent of DEI initiatives. He believes that the Seeger health care contracting ordinance is a prime example of how progressive local governments around the nation flout law and justice. He has filed a bill forbidding any state or local government to require a certain percentage of public contracts be awarded to minority owned or managed companies without: (1) submitting a comprehensive study prepared by accredited social scientists demonstrating that the government in question was involved in or facilitated past intentional discrimination against minority businesses in the particular industry; and (2) the government first trying race neutral programs to remedy any proven harm caused by past intentional discrimination before employing any racial preferences. The Seeger City Council has another interesting problem on its plate. Seeger has a vibrant food truck culture, where many trucks operated by interesting and strange people offer a variety of foods. It is the interesting people that have created the most recent problem. One popular food truck called “Cheech’s Van” attracts customers not just by its excellent tacos, but by its humorous logo, posted all over its truck, featuring individuals who are clearly high on marijuana and enjoying eating tacos. A competing new food truck called “Clean Gene”, operated by a reformed marijuana addict Gene Garner, in response, has branded his truck with a colorful logo featuring, in a clearly mocking and ironic manner, caricatures of stoned and unattractive individuals making fools of themselves, while clearly sober and attractive individuals make fun of them. The intent of both trucks’ branding is to attract attention and customers. The branding has economically worked—both trucks are thriving. But the logos have also unleashed the passions of those who care deeply, for and against, the use of marijuana. Weed partisans on both sides have congregated outside the trucks (which often park in the same area) and have engaged in heated arguments, disrupting the atmosphere of public harmony and peace so valued in and characteristic of Seeger. Many Seeger residents have complained about these conflicts and wish them to stop. The City Council has responded to this discord by passing an ordinance that forbids any commercial logos or any kind of advertising art on any business that serves the public that portrays, in any manner, the use of marijuana or any other inebriating substance. The Council believes it is treating everyone neutrally—they just want to stop the public conflicts and restore public harmony and order. The owners of the trucks believe that the city should stay out of their business. They have sued. You are an Assistant State Attorney General. Write a memo to your supervisor analyzing all the constitutional issues regarding: the lawsuit of the white business owners; both of Young’s lawsuits; the proposed bill by Coburn; and the lawsuit by the food truck owners. Make sure you fully explain both the constitutional bases for any causes of action, as well as the legal defenses that can be raised against the claims. Do not discuss areas of law not covered in this course.
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