Legal Question in Administrative Law in Virginia

Re: Due process of law

Basically, yes, they would have to be convicted

of a crime before they coudl be fired FOR THAT

REASON. It would be important to know if they

are a regular civil servant, rather than a

political appointee or temporary worker, etc.

Secondly, it would be important to know if

perhaps there was sufficient evidence of

violating office policy or procedures, even

without any convictino of the crime. In other

words, if it is not necessary for the person

to be convicted to show that they were guilty

of a violation serious enough to INDEPENDENTLY

justify a firing, then they might be fired

in advance of a conviction.

But there are definitely serious due process

rights that govern and there must be some

precise reasons for the firing. I think

it deserves some careful examination.