April 18, 2007
Justice is having some staffing problems...
It turns out, Monica Goodling wasn't the only bad apple at the Justice Dept. from Regent. According to Washington Monthly, there are 150 of her fellow Regent Alumni working at Justice, one of whom had a BIG problem with the SC striking down the Texas anti-gay 'sodomy' law.
In a recent Regent law school newsletter, a 2004 graduate described being interviewed for a job as a trial attorney at the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division in October 2003. Asked to name the Supreme Court decision from the past 20 years with which he most disagreed, he cited Lawrence v. Texas, the ruling striking down a law against sodomy because it violated gay people's civil rights."When one of the interviewers agreed and said that decision in Lawrence was 'maddening,' I knew I correctly answered the question," wrote the Regent graduate . The administration hired him for the Civil Rights Division's housing section — the only employment offer he received after graduation, he said.
The graduate from Regent — which is ranked a "tier four" school by US News & World Report, the lowest score and essentially a tie for 136th place — was not the only lawyer with modest credentials to be hired by the Civil Rights Division after the administration imposed greater political control over career hiring.
'Modest credentials'? These folks may as well have bought a diploma online from some completely unaccredited school. How did this happen? Well, one of the first hires by the Bush Admin for Justice was a former Dean from (oh, like you couldn't see it coming) Regent. The other enabling move was Ashcroft's decision to not have veteran lawyers screening the new applicants. So, if you go to Regent you will have no problem getting a job, as long as there are no real qualifications other than hatin' on the gays.
The next President needs to fire all of these people.
Posted by mcblogger at April 18, 2007 12:29 PM
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