Even as they rebelled against a $1.8 billion fund for President Trump’s allies, Republicans looked the other way as his administration granted him potentially lucrative tax protections.

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[–] 15 points 4 months ago* (8 children)

I remember when I worked in a certain field, and you could pull driver record data as part of standard background checks.

However, certain individuals we had to whitelist. I'm not sure if there were others, but apparently pulling the record of a judge for a background check was not something we could do, because, apparently judges are magical creatures that are better than the rest of us.

It annoyed the shit out of me then, and things like seeing Donvict get special treatment irritate me now.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    Judges tend to be very protective of info like home address, and for good reason. Data brokers and background checks tend to expose it.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    But. This should apply to ANY person. I'm no judge and I too don't want to my home address found easily.

    I get why the judge gets the protection. But I don't get why not everybody gets that protection too.

    Data brokers as a whole should be forbidden.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    This.

    Also, the story - and maybe it was just one of those urban legends - was that the clampdown on this data, at least in the state of Colorado, came after a judge got a DUI and that became public knowledge or something.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    I think to an extent. But at the same time, I remember the white pages and when I was growing up the school gave every parent a directory with all the phone numbers for everyone in the school so they could call their classmates if they missed an assignment.

    In a local setting, it does make a community stronger. But there is a problem with the Internet and the global reach.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Judges face a lot more active threats from people who have gotten out of prison. For most of us, being easily found is an advantage. For judges it's life-threatening

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