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posted by martyb on Monday November 13 2017, @02:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the cleaning-up dept.

Claiming a shortage of workers for the hospitality industry, Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club has requested and obtained permission to hire 70 foreign workers. The claim of a shortage of available workers is disputed:

'"We currently have 5,136 qualified candidates in Palm Beach County for various hospitality positions listed in the Employ Florida state jobs database," CareerSource spokesman Tom Veenstra said Friday.'

70 is a slight increase over last year, when 64 foreign workers were hired.

"Making America Great Again" by hiring foreigners? Perhaps what is required is higher pay, not foreigners.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Whoever on Monday November 13 2017, @06:29PM (5 children)

    by Whoever (4524) on Monday November 13 2017, @06:29PM (#596360) Journal

    Apparently to you "unqualified"means "does not agree with my world view". That is an immature and self-centered view of the world.

    The people you point to may well have biases (although pointing to a bio of the person doesn't provide any evidence of such), but they were qualified. They had experience in court.

    This recent nomination has barely been inside a courthouse. He has never argued a motion in front of a judge, he has never tried a case. He is utterly unqualified.

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  • (Score: 1, Redundant) by Runaway1956 on Monday November 13 2017, @06:43PM (4 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday November 13 2017, @06:43PM (#596367) Journal

    A judge who actively undermines the will of the people is unfit to be a judge. The same goes for almost any other official position. Immature and self centered? You have probably just described the entire Democratic party. The party rallies groups around idiot slogans, promising to cater to each group, knowing that it is impossible to do so. And, the juvies hop on the D's bandwagon.

    How in hell does a party champion the cause of Islam, and homosexuals, at the same time? It's all a lie. Immature and self centered. Go on, please continue . . .

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by fritsd on Monday November 13 2017, @07:38PM

      by fritsd (4586) on Monday November 13 2017, @07:38PM (#596400) Journal

      A judge who actively undermines the will of the people is unfit to be a judge.

      That sentence got stuck in my mind.
      Is that true? I can't really determine (maybe I just don't know enough about how governments work).

      In Montesquieue(sp)'s Trias Politica (which I've never actually read but I remember the description from school), the Judiciary branch is supposed to adjudge based on the letter of the law and nothing else (+ constitution, human rights, et cetera. you know what I mean; written down stuff.)

      However.
      1. Suppose the Trump Administration and the US Congress manage to make a law: "all money budgeted for health insurance such as Medicare is re-allocated to tax relief for the 1% and a 10fold increase of the number of nukes we have".

      2. And assume (I don't know if this is true!!) that the will of the people of the USA is, to have affordable health insurance, even to the detriment of the # of extra nukes or the taxes on the rich.

      3. And imagine somebody would sue the government for that Trumpcare law like "it isn't fair for the majority of Americans!".

      Are you then saying, that a judge should listen to and interpret the will of the people by him/herself, and be an "activist judge" and strike that law down as un-constitutional? (Because I think the US constitution contains the phrase "for the people", not "for the rich and the MIC")

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 13 2017, @07:38PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 13 2017, @07:38PM (#596402)

      You're such a clown I can't wait until we return to serfdom so I can laugh when you get sent to work in the dirt mines for being a poor hick. I already gave up on the country now the only thing that makes me happy is the satisfaction I'll be a rich lord while you peons get the dicks you've been begging for.

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Whoever on Monday November 13 2017, @08:18PM

      by Whoever (4524) on Monday November 13 2017, @08:18PM (#596428) Journal

      A judge who actively undermines the will of the people is unfit to be a judge.

      Apparently, you skipped your civics class:

      This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

      Judges are there to uphold the law, starting with the Constitution, not to make popular decisions, or even decisions that you disagree with.

      How in hell does a party champion the cause of Islam, and homosexuals, at the same time?

      You are back to your familiar tactics: deflection and "whataboutism".

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 13 2017, @10:06PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 13 2017, @10:06PM (#596504)

      A judge who actively undermines the applicable law is unfit to be a judge.

      FTFY.

      Judges are not there to please the people but to uphold the law.

      The court also determined that "Proposition 8 violated the Equal Protection Clause because there is no rational basis for limiting the designation of 'marriage' to opposite-sex couples."

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_8_(2008) [wikipedia.org]

      The judges decided that the California constitution could not be amended to be in conflict with the US constitution, given that California was part of the US. Admittedly, this clause was designed to protect the rights of the newly released slaves, but it applies just as much to any sub-group of citizens.