Friday, May 08, 2020
Reputation
By a 9-0 decision, the Supreme Court threw out the convictions of the Bridgegate Two. They were the pair who decided to punish the mayor of Fort Lee, NJ by closing a lane of the George Washington Bridge and rerouting traffic through the town. The justices decided that the misbehavior didn't rise to the level of a Federal crime. Now the two must find their way back to a better reputation. There is no doubt about what they did. It was a crass use of power and wrong -- but not illegal. An employer who considers them for hire should account for that. It is not a case in which one loses a reputation from being indicted amid lurid headlines but is not convicted because he didn't do the crime. That is an unjust loss. These two were eager to please their boss, the governor. They went overboard in their toadyism, and they deserved the bad headlines they received. Now, they need to get on with their lives and make the best of the outcome.
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