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Re:Government officials in Amherst, VA can now require emplo... by dredmorbius on Monday August 31, 2015 @06:16PM (#10149432)
what right does a government has to force a private employer to fire their employees

I'm perfectly fine with that following due process for the specific matter pertinent to the firing, or as part of an issued sentence or punishment for an original crime.

E.g., sexual predators (and no, not someone urinating in public) not working in seclusion with children, or those convicted of business fraud and related crimes not being officers of a company, losing accounting, actuary or similar licenses, etc.

But "thou shalt not work" doesn't cut it.

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Re:Government officials in Amherst, VA can now require emplo... by seanflyon on Monday August 31, 2015 @06:46PM (#10149587)
> as part of an issued sentence or punishment for an original crime.

I think this is the key point. You have a fundamental right to work for anyone who wants to hire you. The government can take away that right (and other fundamental rights) as punishment for a crime when you are convicted. I don't see how they can take away rights that are not a part of that sentence. That would be like calling you back for another year of prison after your sentence was completed.

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Re:Government officials in Amherst, VA can now require emplo... by dredmorbius on Monday August 31, 2015 @06:48PM (#10149592)
Hence my double jeopardy call in another comment.
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Re:Government officials in Amherst, VA can now require emplo... by dogma1138 on Monday August 31, 2015 @06:54PM (#10149613)
Did you actually try to make an argument or did you just restructured my original comment? I seriously can't tell at this point :S
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Re:Government officials in Amherst, VA can now require emplo... by dredmorbius on Monday August 31, 2015 @07:00PM (#10149643)
Clarifying my agreement with specific examples. But yes, we're in fairly violent agreement.
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Re:Government officials in Amherst, VA can now require emplo... by AnimalMuppet on Monday August 31, 2015 @07:35PM (#10149776)
Unfortunately, that violence is going to make you unemployable in Virginia...
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Re:Government officials in Amherst, VA can now require emplo... by dredmorbius on Monday August 31, 2015 @10:33PM (#10150374)
more unemployable ...
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