Former DOJ job applicant suing department for hiring bias.
Former DOJ job applicant suing department for hiring bias.
A recent Department of Justice inspector general report found that starting in 2002, DOJ officials illegally used “political or ideological” factors in its hiring practices, choosing conservative credentials “over more qualified candidates with liberal-sounding résumés” and weeding out “candidates for career positions whom they considered “leftists.’” The LA Times reports today that one of the former applicants, who had actually worked at the department, is suing:
[O]ne of the applicants rejected for a position is suing for $100,000 in damages. Sean Gerlich has filed a class action suit. Gerlich says he was rejected because of his liberal affiliations, which officials dug up through Internet searches. [...]
Daniel Metcalfe, Gerlich’s attorney and a Washington College of Law professor at American University, says his client was upset at being turned down in 2006 because he had received good marks during his previous stint as a Justice summer intern. In fact, Metcalfe says, his client was a law clerk to an unidentified chief in one of the department’s 40 components.
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Uh, oh, don’t turn around there Ashcroft, there’s a boobie behind you.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:57 pmThe Republican Party believes in putting loyalty to the President (whom they always like to call the Commander-in-Chief, even though that’s just one of his duties) above loyalty to the country. Never forget that.
May you all enjoy a Safe and Happy Independence Day holiday weekend.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:57 pmLet a flood of such lawsuits now begin.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:57 pmSow the wind, reap the whirlwind, Dept. of InJustice.
O]ne of the applicants rejected for a position is suing for $100,000 in damages
and thats from severe emotional truama of being rejected, right?.What bs.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:00 pmrozerze Says:
and thats from severe emotional truama of being rejected, right?.What bs.
says the queen of bs.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:04 pmBuckie Boy Says:
Uh, oh, don’t turn around there Ashcroft, there’s a boobie behind you.
July 3rd, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Believe me, he’s aware of it. In fact, he was thinking about it right when that picture was taken. :)
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:07 pm>Who could have anticipated the breach of the lawsuits?
>We’re suing them over there so we don’t have to sue them over here.
>They will greet us as litigators!
>Once the people see our great army, they will throw subpoenas and indictments at our feet.
>We had the same bad intel everyone had, so we never hired good attorneys.
Now what are they gonna do? They hired all of Falwells kids from regents and they discriminated against the Harvard and Yale grads – who by the way are much, much smarter about things such as the law. The DOJ is being run like a Baskin-Robbins franchise.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:11 pmSince these hiring decisions were made without proper non-consideration of political affiliation, and whereas the damage to the plaintiffs career and resume will stay with he/she for the rest of their career, I don’t think 100 large is enough.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:17 pmHe never got the chance to serve at the pleasure of this president? I hope he didn’t expect a job at the “Justice Department.” That place is so 2000.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:19 pmYeah, no damage at all from interning with distinction and then having an application for employment rejected, huh? No future employer will look askance at that, right?
Oh, that’s right — I forgot R2 has no experience in the work force and thus, no idea what he’s talking about.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:22 pmObama’s going to have to defend or reject every damn thing that every African American does for the next 8 years
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:23 pmHow many spelling variations remain of ‘roger’, pal, before you end up at ‘rorschach’ and take the badly needed hint?
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:27 pmRUCerious Says:
Actually Baskin Robbins has more competent management.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:30 pmPaddy
I thought it was a beautiful variation of the anthem. If a bunch of drunks can invent the song, why can’t a sober person tweak it? It’s not like it’s a permanant addition.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:31 pmspammer
FLAGGED.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:35 pmJohn Kerry
White trash.
FLAGGED.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:36 pmOh, he spelled spammer right this time – Flagged….again.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:37 pmRe:spam(m)er;
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:54 pmTP is asleep at the helm again.
Suing this useless and corrupt administration with the stacked courts and corrupt DoJ???
Don’t make laugh!!!!
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:58 pmShould be “Don’t make ME laugh”
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:59 pmCaption:
Ashcroft:
“And that Perch Mr. President caught was THIS BIG, I tells ya”
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:59 pmThe job in the nwext administration that I want is tracking down all the DoJ appointees iver the last 8 years with degrees from such schools as Regency U, and Liberty U, and Bob Jones U, and Hillsdale College, and Oral Roberts, and all the rest of those Xian degree mills, and quietly notifying them that they need to turn in their keys and vacate the premises by 15 Feb, 09…
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:03 pm“Don’t make ME laugh”
Can you imagine the amount of media coverage several hundred lawsuits would generate? The more the better. And then maybe we can laugh like hyenas!
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:06 pmCaption:
Ashcroft:
“The little boy I molested had a tight little a$$ that was only this wide…Sweeeeet!
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:06 pmand thats from severe emotional truama of being rejected, right?.What bs.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:00 pm
rogee, it is not ‘because,’ it is ‘
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:08 pminstead.’ “instead’ of ruling the plaintiff had the right to kick some asst AG in the balls for defaming him…
shouldn’t that statue
behind ashcroft
be covered up?
*
bonus:
“let the eagle soar”
as you’ve never heard
it before.
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good luck
?
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:37 pmQuick: Can you point out the “real” tit?
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:55 pmQuick: Can you point out the “real” tit?
The one in the middle…
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:50 pmGood for him!
BTW — what’s the difference between Janet Jackson’s boob and the boob behind ashcroft?
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:16 pmBoooooooooo-biiiiieeeeessssss…….
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:41 pmbrown acid @ #13, that was actually Strat Rat, can’t take credit for his brilliance…
July 4th, 2008 at 12:03 amGame of Life Says:
Good for him!
BTW — what’s the difference between Janet Jackson’s boob and the boob behind ashcroft?
Lady Justice has cuter nipples
July 4th, 2008 at 12:03 amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpROhIg9eA
July 4th, 2008 at 2:02 amI wish them luck. Although its possble they may have a case because the DOJ violated some statute by discriminating against them, “political affiliation” is not a constitionally protected class, and thus its pretty unlikely they have any consitutionally based claims..
July 4th, 2008 at 9:13 amLookie lookie, now that’s a boob!
Oh, and a statue behind him.
July 4th, 2008 at 11:37 amDo ya like boobs alot?
July 4th, 2008 at 2:14 pm