Travesty In The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court Of Appeals

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled in favor of businesses being able to intrude on our privacy and against individual rights when it said that employees can be fired if they do not give their employers permission to obtain consumer reports on them.
Lisa Kelcher, a South Williamsport resident was dismissed from her job of seventeen years at Sycamore Manor in Loyasock Township, where she served as recreation director, for refusing on two occasions to sign an authorization permitting them to investigate consumer reports on her.
Ms. Kelcher had this deluded idea that she lived in a country that cared about peoples rights to privacy and that the court would do the right thing and rule in favor of her right to privacy. But, as seems to be the trend in this country, individuals are just objects to be controlled, and their finances pillaged to keep government officials sheltered in their high priced ivory towers and their wallets well padded.
Ms. Kelcher had the audacity to argue that Presbyterian Homes, the owner of the facility, should have to provide her with a reason for wanting to investigate her consumer report and then seek written authorization from her before they obtain the report. Sounds fair and reasonable, doesn’t it? But, no, that wasn’t good enough for Presbyterian Homes. They wanted a blanket authorization to investigate Ms. Kelcher’s consumer report any time and for any reason they fancied. Well, kudos to Ms. Kelcher for not backing down and bending over to be violated by the throbbing penis of Big Brother.
This isn’t the first time that a court has ruled that an employee can be fired for not giving permission to their employer to investigate their consumer reports. Last year, Judge John E. Jones III of U.S. Middle District Court had the distinguished "honor" of being the first judge in the country to rule in such a fashion.
So folks, individual rights took another blow thanks to these misguided judges. The message has once again been clearly delivered: Citizens, shut up and pay up and let those with much greater wisdom decide your fate.