Background Checks

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by greymule

Should umpires be asked whether they ever belonged to the Communist Party? Whether they own a gun or hunt? Whether they favor affirmative action? Whether they eat meat or wear fur? Whether they ever used illegal drugs? Should all umpires have to be adjudged politically correct?

I think you're confusing a criminal background check with a detailed investigation of a person's past. The former is under discussion here, and it involves checking a person's fingerprints and other ID info against a national database of convicted felons, especially sex offenders. No investigation of party affiliations or organization membership is involved -- that would be too time consuming, and there's no law enforcement database of that info.