Do liberals ever consider unintended consequences? If I can't do a background check before hiring someone, I'll scrutinize the resume even more carefully and reject everyone with a significant gap in employment so I can avoid those with prison time (not that I'll say why I'm rejecting them, but that's what I would do). The problem is that long term unemployment will then become an even bigger black mark on the resume than it is now. And those who lie on their resume to cover up that prison time? I'll reject or fire them for lying, so they still don't get the job.
“I’ll scrutinize the resume even more carefully and reject everyone with a significant gap in employment “
Bingo.