[rootusrootus]

> No one has a "right" to work for me.

True, but surely your rights to know everything about someone who would work for you also has limits.

[bko]

Of course, I don't need to know everything, just if I'm hiring them I'd like to know if they have been tried and convicted of a crime, and then I can make a judgement whether it's disqualifying for my particular need.