EEOC Loses Hypocritical Lawsuit against Employer over Background Checks

by Hans Bader on April 9, 2014

 “In this case the EEOC sued the defendants for using the same type of background check that the EEOC itself uses.” So began a 3-to-0 ruling Wednesday by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in EEOC v. Kaplan Higher Education Corp. (Apr. 9, 2014). CEI joined the Pacific Legal Foundation’s amicus brief in support of the employer sued by the EEOC, the federal civil-rights agency. (EEOC stands for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.) As assistant attorney general Roger Clegg (now at the Center for Equal Opportunity) notes,……To Read More….