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: ConglomerateThe DOJ Hiring Scandal - the Litigation
By Gordon Smith, Christine, Hurt, Vic Fleischer, Fred Tung, Lisa Fairfax, David Zaring
We pointed you to the hiring scandal at DOJ; now here come the "viewpoint discrimination" lawsuits. The first doesn't look that strong to me, but remember that records statutes like the Privacy Act can often be the hook keeping litigation from being adjudged frivolous. I don't remember reading the plaintiff's name in conjunction with any of this stuff. But if it was disclosed to someone, he might have a case - regardless of whether he would have got the job or not (and proving that viewpoint discrimination as opposed to GPA, other deserving candidates, actually was the cause of the plaintiff not being hired by DOJ in these sorts of suits is going to be extremely difficult - I wouldn't hold my breath for an Equal Protection clause victory for that among many, many other reasons).
Full post as published by Conglomerate on July 01, 2008 (boomark / email).
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