Paul Finkelman
Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:58:17 -0800
is it a budgetary issue? our bankrupt government cannot afford to pay moving expenses?
----
Paul Finkelman
President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law
Albany Law School
80 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
518-445-3386 (p)
518-445-3363 (f)
paul.finkel...@albanylaw.edu
www.paulfinkelman.com
________________________________
From: Malla Pollack <mallapolla...@gmail.com>
To: CONLAWPROF Prof list <CONLAWPROF@lists.ucla.edu>
Sent: Thu, January 28, 2010 10:40:48 AM
Subject: Federal Government Hiring Practices -- Right to Travel -- Relocation
I just discovered that the Administrative Office of the US Courts and some
parts of the executive branch refuse to even consider job applications from
persons living more than commuting distance (roughly 50 miles) from the job
location at the time of the application. My immediate response is that this is
a violation of the Constitution because it limits the right to relocate, uses
an irrational category, and -- perhaps most basically - discriminates against
residents/citizens of specific states. I would greatly appreciate others'
thoughts on this, including, identification of the best legal authority for the
position.
Malla Pollack
_______________________________________________ To post, send message to Conlawprof@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/conlawprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.