Thursday, February 4, 2010

The Government as Permanent Self-Parody

The Justice Department seeks mentally ill and mentally retarded lawyers:

From a Justice Department job announcement for “up to 10 experienced attorneys for the position of Trial Attorney in the Voting Section in Washington, D.C.”:

The Civil Rights Division encourages qualified applicants with targeted disabilities to apply. Targeted disabilities are deafness, blindness, missing extremities, partial or complete paralysis, convulsive disorder, mental retardation, mental illness, severe distortion of limbs and/or spine. Applicants who meet the qualification requirements and are able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation are encouraged to identify targeted disabilities in response to the questions in the Avue application system seeking that information.

(h/t Eugene Volokh)

1 comment:

libertarian neocon said...

Just wait until you have people suing because they were discriminated against because they were stupid.