[Always Right]

Always Right: "So if he said that, 'unless you are white, do not seek my recommendation'? Would that be OK??"

Dominic Harr: "As I understand the laws of this country, he would be well within his rights. "

Well I would have to disagree. There is no way a state employee using his title and using state property could ever get away with that. He would be tarred, feathered, and fired within 24 hours.

[Dominic Harr]

There is no way a state employee using his title and using state property could ever get away with that. He would be tarred, feathered, and fired within 24 hours.

I agree he'd be ostracized, and should be. I myself would join the lynch party. It would be a private matter to be handled by his employer.

But would he have broken any law?

Not as far as I'm aware.

So the idea that he somehow violated the constitution here . . . I just don't see it.

[ml1954]

I've been following this a bit and it sounds to me that your position is that a state employee is not permitted to make a 'personal' recommendation at all, at least not in any meaningful way.

If 'personal' recommendations are regulated by the state, how can they be really be 'personal'?