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Hire Image  reports that, last month, New York City passed a first-of-its-kind law banning employers from conducting pre-employment marijuana testing. According to New York City Council’s Legislative Process, because the law was not signed or vetoed by the mayor within 30 days, it became law on May 10, 2019 and is effective one year later on May 10, 2020. The new law amends the New York City Human Rights Law and states that it is an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer, labor organization, employment agency, or agent to require a prospective employee to submit to a drug test for the presence of  any THC or marijuana as a condition of employment.  There are exceptions for certain applicants and types of employment.  As such, pre-employment marijuana testing will continue to be permissible for:  police officers or other law enforcement jobs, certain construction and maintenance jobs, positions requiring a commercial driver’s licen...

The terrorist watchlist has been a tool used by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to screen potential terrorism suspects for years, with its use growing substantially after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The watchlist is also used for screening government contractors and is shared with state and local law enforcement agencies.  However, the standard for inclusion on that list was recently questioned as a violation of due process rights for the Americans who are on it (as of 2017, approximately 4,600 Americans out of 1.2 million total people. A judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia held that the standard for inclusion was too vague, noting that “the risk of erroneous deprivation of plaintiffs’ travel-related and reputational liberty interests is high, and the currently existing procedural safeguards are not sufficient to address that risk.”  He also mentioned that the list restricts their ability to fly and engage in ev...