The suit goes on to allege SpaceX falsely claimed in its job listings that only green card holders and United States citizens could work at the company because of federal export control laws.
There are specific laws — such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations — that apply to companies manufacturing spacecraft and rockets and limit foreign nationals from accessing key information about the vehicles for national security reasons.
But the new lawsuit states that regulations such as ITAR do not prevent SpaceX from hiring refugees, whose “permission to live and work in the United States does not expire, and they stand on equal footing with U.S. citizens ,” according to the DOJ.
“Our investigation found that SpaceX failed to fairly consider or hire asylees and refugees because of their citizenship status and imposed what amounted to a ban on their hire regardless of their qualification, in violation of federal law,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in a statement.
Who is Kristen Clarke?
She wrote a rather controversial paper in 1994 when she was at Harvard
The paper was a response to those who defend "The Bell Curve"
From her 1994 paper:
"Please use the following theories and observations to assist you in your search for truth regarding the genetic differences between Blacks and whites.
One: Dr. Richard King reveals that at the core of the human brain is the "locus coeruleus" which is a structure that is Black because it contains large amounts of neuro-melanin which is essential for its operation.
Two: Black infants sit, stand, crawl and walk sooner than whites.
Three: Carol Barnes notes that human mental processes are controlled by melanin—that same chemical which gives Blacks their superior physical and mental abilities.
Four: Some scientists have revealed that most whites are unable to produce melanin because their pineal glands are often calcified or non-functioning. Pineal calcification rates with Africans are five to 15 percent, Asians 15 to 25 percent and Europeans 60 to 80 percent. This is the chemical basis for the cultural differences between Blacks and whites.
Five: Melanin endows Blacks with greater mental, physical and spiritual abilities—something which cannot be measured based on Eurocentric standards."
Clarke now claims her 1994 paper for the Harvard Crimson was meant to "express an equally absurd point of view,"
Elon is a smart guy; I’m sure he has very good lawyers on the payroll. This is a big nothing burger and will only serve to pull the curtain back a bit further exposing the corrupt Biden administration a bit more.
“Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown
Hunter Biden, who is embroiled in a tenuous legal position, reportedly downsized to a $15,800 a month ocean view Malibu home, a substantial cut back from his previous $20,000 a month California residence.
While the national average rental price is just north of $2,000 a month, Hunter Biden, the first family’s business rainmaker, pays $15,800 a month for a beautiful residence on the Pacific Ocean, the Daily Mail reported.
Hunter Biden’s new home is a three-bed, three-bath compound with panoramic sea views, built on a cliff in a gated community. The rental’s listing calculates the home’s square footage to be 2,500, with an estimated value of over $4 million.
The property’s listing describes it as having “mesmerizing ocean views that are the ultimate backdrop for dining alfresco or stargazing over the shimmering Pacific” and a “vastly open floor plan, beautiful wood-beamed ceilings and large windows that give the illusion of being fully immersed and in total harmony with nature.”
The house also boasts a luxurious kitchen and a “guest studio with private balcony overlooking the ocean that creates the perfect artistic space.”
For Hunter Biden’s protection, the Secret Service reportedly rents a home nearby for $16,000 a month, which reportedly enjoys an ocean view and a hot tub.
August 25, 2023, 02:41 PM
Gustofer
quote:
Originally posted by sdy: The rental’s listing calculates the home’s square footage to be 2,500,
I think a 48 square foot "home" would be much more appropriate for him.
________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton.
August 25, 2023, 03:33 PM
Rightwire
Just wait, Grandpa Joe will have a speech in the future where he'll personally relate to your cost of living by telling people how his son had to move to reduce his housing costs by 20% in this crisis.
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343 - Never Forget
Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat
There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive.
August 25, 2023, 04:38 PM
gearhounds
quote:
For Hunter Biden’s protection, the Secret Service reportedly rents a home nearby for $16,000 a month, which reportedly enjoys an ocean view and a hot tub.
The SS doesn’t rent the $16000 a month house; the taxpayers do. I wish that piece of shit would hurry up and OD on something. Who knows… the news might even send “the big guy” into cardiac arrest.
“Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown
August 25, 2023, 05:17 PM
sdy
Elon Musk:
SpaceX was told repeatedly that hiring anyone who was not a permanent resident of the United States would violate international arms trafficking law, which would be a criminal offense.
We couldn’t even hire Canadian citizens, despite Canada being part of NORAD!
This is yet another case of weaponization of the DOJ for political purposes.
Hunter Biden’s new home is a three-bed, three-bath compound with panoramic sea views, built on a cliff in a gated community. The rental’s listing calculates the home’s square footage to be 2,500, with an estimated value of over $4 million.
A lot of those oceanside cliffs are prone to collapsing. Just sayin...
August 25, 2023, 07:31 PM
erj_pilot
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
August 25, 2023, 08:35 PM
Pipe Smoker
Re: sdy’s post two or three above. Elon Musk didn’t pull his punches. He told it like it is. I’m grateful to Musk.
Serious about crackers
August 26, 2023, 04:44 AM
downtownv
Things could get real interesting: Biden appoints Ed Siskel, who shielded Obama from GOP's Benghazi investigation, as new White House counsel Ed Siskel, a veteran of the Obama-Biden administration, shielded the White House from House Republicans' inquiries into Benghazi and Solyndra
By the way, I'd like to see any person, any organization, any civil or legal authority compel me to take their "vaccine".
There is no need to point out to anyone here the reasons why they're pulling this shit again, but I have to say I would not have guessed that they would have tried to do it, because the rate of compliance will be abysmal.
August 26, 2023, 08:37 PM
vthoky
Didn't SCOTUS already rule that Joe can't force it on us?
(I do understand Joe has a tendency to try to go around SCOTUS....)
God bless America.
August 26, 2023, 08:39 PM
parabellum
The Rule of Law? Leftists do not recognize such foolishness.
And that is why, ultimately, there is only one way to deal with them. It has always been this way and it will always be so, and that's their choice.
