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Wanted - Mentally Retarded or Mental Illness Afflicted Attorneys at USDOJ

I have a cousin who is mentally retarded, what we used to call mongoloid. She is articulate in her conversations, in a simple way, and enjoys her extended family, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. She is employed, but not in an exceptionally challenging position, and is proud of her accomplishments, limited though they may be.

With that said, I was suprised to read, at the Wall Street Journal’s Best of the Web Today, that the United States Department of Justice is looking to hire mentally retarded attorneys or attorneys that are afflicted with mental illness. In fact, attorneys who may be afflicted with such “disablities” are targeted, meaning applicant attorneys afflicted with the above will receive preferential consideration.

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...

If you think I am kidding, here, the above quote is taken directly from the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Voting Section, want ad for trial attorneys.

Is this wise?

Posted by on 02/03 at 05:11 PM