A Group of Concerned Department of Justice Employees
Posted by StormWarning on 25 Jun 2008 at 02:51 am | Tagged as: Current Affairs, Policy, Politics
It should come as no real surprise that appointments to “plum” positions are controlled by the political party in power, and that politics do indeed, influence selection. So a new report by the DoJ Office of the Inspector General and the Office of Professional Responsibility concludes that political persuasion entered into the hiring practices for the DoJ Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program.
While DoJ’s position is that the statistics reflect a coincidence, reflect on this:
…the approval rate for applicants who belonged to the liberal American Constitution Society was 0%. The approval rate for applicants who belonged to the conservative Federalist Society: 93%.
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“Many qualified candidates were deselected by the screening committee because of their perceived political or ideological affiliations” in 2006, says the report…
As I said…not surprising…but still, one would hope…Nah! Politics pervades every decision, and probably has for many years. Its the guile that has diminished.
Dept. of Justice Honors Program, summer law intern program
