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		icebraining on Oct 19, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New law bans California employers from asking appl... I'm curious, how does the 1st Amendment play into this?

jakeogh on Oct 20, 2017 [–]

Are employers not people?

icebraining on Oct 20, 2017 | [–]

My question was more "how does not being allowed to use Equifax violate the First Amendment".

Karunamon on Oct 20, 2017 | | [–]

Probably because the first only protects your right to speak, not to read. Querying a database isn’t expression.

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