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JPL Background Check Case Reaches Supreme Court

Posted by timothy on from the faster-boys-if-you-want-your-pay dept.

Dthief writes "A long-running legal battle between the United States government and a group of 29 scientists and engineers of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, has now reached the US Supreme Court." At issue: mandatory background checks for scientists and engineers working at JPL, which they allege includes snooping into their sexual orientation, as well as their mental and physical health.

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  1. Re:Perhaps they remember Turing. by hedwards · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That's not true. One might very well be open about that everywhere except at work. Which wouldn't make it any sort of risk. It's the sort of thing that neo-conservative trash likes to do so that they know what sorts of people to deny on spurious grounds.

    Remember the Bush administration used information of this sort to decide who was and was not eligible for employment. Or have you forgotten the litmus testing by some of the political appointees?

  2. Re:I'm not clear on what their case is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Agreed, and I feel the same way about sexual favors for the boss. There's no constitutional right to any job, and you should see what prostitutes have to do to keep *their* jobs, never mind Obama staffers. So, if your boss wants sexual favors from you and you have a problem with that, then maybe you should just go to work somewhere else.

    Sound about right?