An unfortunate consideration for some

[ethical1]

Food for thought for some applicants/unsuccessful candidates:

There may be evidence to "suggest" that a number of the successful applicants/selectees are significantly younger and/or with a level of experience that comes rather close to barely meeting the minimal seven-year requirement set forth in the ALJ qualifications.

Those who may unfortunately now fall into the appropriate age category with a lengthy professional history may wish to evaluate any such evidence (if accurate) in light of the obvious prohibitions against age-discrimination, particularly as recently enhanced by the Roberts Court.

[doctorwho]

Jun 5, 2008 17:17:29 GMT -5 ethical1 said:

Food for thought for some applicants/unsuccessful candidates:

There may be evidence to "suggest" that a number of the successful applicants/selectees are significantly younger and/or with a level of experience that comes rather close to barely meeting the minimal seven-year requirement set forth in the ALJ qualifications.

Those who may unfortunately now fall into the appropriate age category with a lengthy professional history may wish to evaluate any such evidence (if accurate) in light of the obvious prohibitions against age-discrimination, particularly as recently enhanced by the Roberts Court.

Wow. appropriate age category. Gotta love it.

[gromit]

Those who may unfortunately now fall into the appropriate age category . . . may wish to remember that "in the world of 2116, a person's maximum age is strictly legislated: twenty-one years, to the day. When people reach this Lastday they report to a Sleepshop in which they are willingly executed. A person's age is revealed by their palm flower — a crystal embedded in the palm of their right hand that changes color every seven years, then turns black on Lastday.

Runners are those who refuse to report to a Sleepshop and attempt to avoid their fate by escaping to Sanctuary. Logan 3 is a Deep Sleep Operative (or Sandman) whose job is to terminate Runners using a special weapon called the Gun, an unusual revolver which can fire a number of different projectiles, and Omnite, a fictional hybrid martial arts style. On his own Lastday he becomes a Runner himself in an attempt to infiltrate an apparent underground railroad for runners seeking Sanctuary — a place where they can live freely in defiance of society's dictates. For most of the book, therefore, Logan is an antihero; however, his character develops a growing sympathy towards Runners and in the end he himself is truly a Runner.

Jessica 6, a contact Logan made after he chased her Runner brother Doyle 10 into Cathedral where he was killed by the vicious preteen "Cubs," helps him, despite her initial distrust of him. Francis, another Sandman and a friend of Logan, catches up with Logan and Jessica after they have managed to make it to the final staging area before Sanctuary. He reveals that he is actually the legendary Ballard, who has been helping arrange their escape. The 42-year-old Ballard is working from within the system; he believes that the computer that controls the city, buried beneath Crazy Horse Mountain, is beginning to malfunction, and that the society will die with it.

Sanctuary turns out to be an abandoned space colony near Mars. Logan and Jessica escape to the colony on a rocket that departs from a former space program launch site in Florida. Ballard remains to help others escape.

Thanks to Wikipedia for the Logan's Run summary.

I initially thought I'd go with "Soylent Green is people!!!!" but that was too classic a line to waste on this thread.

[judicature]

Range of age in current class in training that I have heard so far (nothing official mind you) is 35 to 60, with the great majority in their 40's and 50's.

[morgullord]

In response to the accusation that, although they out-numbered the Germans, his own tanks were inferior to the German tanks they faced, Marshall Zhukov said, "Quantity has a quality all its own."

It works both ways. 7 years of great experience can be as valuable as 14 years of marginal experience.

"And having had adventure enough in six years to last me six lives, I came here..." --Errol Flynn in "Captain Blood".

[Albeit]

Coming from an office who has received several new judges, they are all in the late 40 to 50+ range with a wide variety of experience. I also understand from talking to two of the judges fresh from training, the majority of their class was 40 (likely 45+) with lots of experience. As an aside, I am a later 30 something who didn't make the cut and from talking to several other 30 somthings who were in the same boat, we thought our lack of experience (in my case closing in on 12 years with the vast majority doing complex civil litigation) hurt our overall score. So, based on Judicature's understanding of the current class and my understanding of the past class, it doesn't seem this is the case.

[lawdog98]

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." Mark Twain

Also attributed to Satchel Paige.

[morgullord]

SHREK: "For your information, there's a lot more to ogres than people think."

DONKEY: "Example?"

SHREK: "Example? Okay, um, ogres are like onions."

DONKEY: "They stink?"

SHREK: "Yes - - No!"

DONKEY: "They make you cry?"

SHREK: "No!"

DONKEY: "You leave them in the sun, they get all brown, start sproutin' little white hairs."

SHREK: "No! Layers! Onions have layers. Ogres have layers! Onions have layers. You get it? We both have layers."

DONKEY: "Oh, you both have layers. Oh. You know, not everybody likes onions. Cake! Everybody loves cakes! Cakes have layers."

SHREK: "I don't care... what everyone likes. Ogres are not like cakes.

DONKEY: "You know what else everybody likes? Parfaits. Have you ever met a person, you say, "Let's get some parfait," they say, "Hell no, I don't like no parfait"? Parfaits are delicious.

SHREK: "No! You dense, irritating, miniature beast of burden! Ogres are like onions! End of story. Bye-bye. See ya later."

DONKEY: "Parfaits may be the most delicious thing on the whole damn planet."

Jagghagg is right; I admit that I have layers. As described by Shrek.