Bush Administration Action

More proof (through BizzyBlog) that the one thing that any administration should do is fire every single person they can as soon as possible.  Why in the world is the Bush administration (through the EEOC) suing the Salvation Army over the same issue that had been decided in 2003?

One of these days, judges are going to get serious about sanctioning lawyers, legal groups, and in this case, the government, for bringing already-settled matters up again for judicial review. The EEOC’s decision to go after the Salvation over the same issue yet again seems to virtually cry out for judicial discipline:

Jim Boulet, executive director of English First, is appalled by the recent decision of the Boston Office of the EEOC to file suit against the Salvation Army for firing two employees who refused to learn English. The Christian social service organization had given the two women one year to get proficient in the language and to speak only English in the workplace.

….. a federal judge in Boston upheld the Salvation Army’s English policy in a similar case in 2003. The organization “was sued for this very same policy — in the very same courtroom — and won,” he notes; and yet, “the EEOC, with your tax money and mine, is making the Salvation Army defend again its policy of trying to encourage people to seize the opportunity that America has to offer by learning English.

Of course, the idea is to wear down the opponent. EEOC has virtually unlimited taxpayer funds. The Salvation Army is forced to divert administrative time, effort, and expense from its charitable efforts to defend itself. It’s not a fair fight, and I suspect that most others would fold — which is why judges have to step in with sanctions when suits in already-settled matters like these are brought before them.