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I will never forget in 2005 my future employer said, "I ran your credit (Illegal for him to do it in his state). It was all I needed to know about you. If I were to offer..."
Absolutely. Hiring managers will often search out perspective employees on social media. Young people really need to watch what they post on places like Facebook or Twitter. As far as credit, yes they feel someone with credit issues may not be a responsible employee. Another big issue is tattoos on exposed areas such as the lower arms or neck.
Didn't HS/college behavior always affect future job prospects? It's not called a "permanent record" for nothing.
Of course it's always been present in some form or another.
If you attended high school in a smaller city or town and did stupid stuff throughout those years; it eventually came back to bite you in the hiney if after your college/university years you applied for a job at some national/multi-national company that had set up shop in that city/town.
Those of your peers already employed there would have been quick to remember you performing some criminal behaviour you got away with due to the period or your family wealth.
A "permanent record" has facts, thus evidence. Legal protections (those pesky individual rights inside courts of law) have all manner of evidentiary rules for stuff like official, permanent records.
Hearsay, rumor, innuendo and false accusations have no evidence, which is why courts of law generally ignore them. But, under mob rule, "not in court of law" apparently makes hearsay, rumor, innuendo and false accusation the equivalent of due process. Because, you know, not court of law and all.
No, people subjected to the whims of mob rules will not go to jail, but have their life, reputation, families, etc destroyed? Yeah, so what? Not jail, because not court of law, so no foul, right?
Very true, which is why despite all the mob chanting of ‘Lock Her Up’ Hillary isn’t in jail.
Apart from the fact that being a Justice is a lifetime appointment to preside over the country's laws, and is therefore not like any ordinary job - the true issue isn't that he's a sleaze, but rather that he was shown to be lying, he was shown to be hostile and lacking in self-control, and he was shown to be flagrantly biased. That's what should disqualify him.
That's an absolute lie on your part. He was being attacked before he was even nominated. The left was going to oppose any nomination by President Trump. They would fabricate anything to block or delegitimize any appointment by him. There is NO evidence that the party Blasey Ford described even happened. The other totally unsubstantiated allegations of gang rape are inexcusable. No one of the left cares about his angry testimony in response to the outrageous allegations and questioning. That is just another pathetic excuse to defend character assassination.
That's an absolute lie on your part. He was being attacked before he was even nominated. The left was going to oppose any nomination by President Trump. They would fabricate anything to block or delegitimize any appointment by him. There is NO evidence that the party Blasey Ford described even happened. The other totally unsubstantiated allegations of gang rape are inexcusable. No one of the left cares about his angry testimony in response to the outrageous allegations and questioning. That is just another pathetic excuse to defend character assassination.
Every party attacks the other parties Supreme Court nominees. Every party knows that eventually, a justice *will* get appointed from the opposite side. This is not new.
What we've witnessed is typical vetting of a Supreme Court justice. This one happened to have a few allegations against him. If they skipped him and moved on to the next, there would also have been opposition but maybe not to this degree. Neil Gorsuch seemed to get nominated with only the "traditional" amount of fanfare. To boot, Kavanaugh has proven to be a bit of liar in his past justice function and with his credit.
We all knew that a right-leaning judge was going to be appointed. I still disagree that Kavanaugh was fit for the job. He wasn't. Besides the Blasey-Ford allegation and his response to it, the other things were bothersome before that even came up. Of their list of 90 or so potentials, they could have done better for the country.
Yeah, actually - the choices we make, the people we surround ourselves with, the "mistakes" and crap behavior we're guilty of as "kids" can and sometimes will affect your future. You don't just get to brush that sort of thing off and blame adolescence. So many people say "oh, everyone acts that way" but guess what? THEY DO NOT. I didn't, ever. I have nothing to worry about.
Diving into a potential SCJ's past and uncovering information that speaks to his character is relevant, regardless of when these things happened. If someone is up for a promotion at an investment bank and has fraud or embezzlement allegations brought against them that somehow didn't come to light until then, it matters and it's important to look into the behavior behind the situation. If someone is going to head up the DEA and at the 11th hour, a college friend speaks up and lets us know that they had a drug problem in school, it matters. For the 453735th time, this is about character - not crimes.
Apart from the fact that being a Justice is a lifetime appointment to preside over the country's laws, and is therefore not like any ordinary job - the true issue isn't that he's a sleaze, but rather that he was shown to be lying, he was shown to be hostile and lacking in self-control, and he was shown to be flagrantly biased. That's what should disqualify him.
Not in my book. He was being crucified and burned at the stake. I'd yell out in pain if that happened to me too.
I heard from co-workers blasting Kavanaugh's confirmation and how he's a sleaze-ball and dirty old man. How can his college day behavior some 30 years ago can be used to determine his job qualification today? Did we just ignore his 30 year service? I'm sure nobody here is a perfect angel in college. If this sets a precedent, it'll be hard to find any qualified perfect model citizen to hold public office.
Don't worry about it, not that many people are running to be on the SCOTUS. And, yes, those select few should be held to the highest of standards, they make decisions that will affect millions for decades.
We aren't talking about someone who applies to work at McDonalds, here.
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