Strip Clubs Cleared by Judge to Get SBA Covid-19 Loan Money

Dozens of strip clubs are eligible to receive money under the multibillion-dollar federal Covid-19 loan program, after the Eastern District of Michigan found that the U.S. Small Business Administration had no authority to bar them from eligibility.

“Congress provided temporary paycheck support to all Americans employed by all small businesses that satisfied the two eligibility requirements—even businesses that may have been disfavored during normal times,” the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan said.

The Paycheck Protection Program, which is part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, authorizes the SBA to guarantee hundreds of billions ...