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Dumb question: Can a US company even refuse service to a US Federal Government agency?
by tiffanyh 9mo ago
Dumb question: Can a US company even refuse service to a US Federal Government agency?
- NewJazz 9mo agoYes. They could be nationalized in times of war, but that hasn't happened since WW2 I think. The antitrust case and other regulatory arm twisting is more to worry about.
- dietr1ch 8mo agoGood thing the war for oil, ahem, against terrorism and drugs, is permanent
- comboy 9mo agoI think it's kind of past the point of wondering what somebody can and cannot do according to the law? There used to be the constitution and stuff.
- SilverElfin 9mo agoYes they absolutely can. Providing services to the government is strictly a choice made by the business.
- wizzwizz4 9mo agoPretty sure the 13th Amendment guarantees this, in theory. (Corporations aren't natural persons, but forcing a corporation to provide a service boils down to forcing people to provide a service.)
- delichon 9mo agoThe Supreme Court has upheld the Selective Service Act as allowable under the 13th Amendment as something other than involuntary servitude, repeatedly since 1918. So personhood isn't much of an obstacle to conscription.
- hahajk 9mo agoThe government is bound by acquisition processes for these large contracts: they put out RFPs and companies compete for the contract. All Google has to do is not bid for the next contract.
- OutOfHere 9mo agoThere is an exception that can be made by the government for wartime, but otherwise, yes.