The Trump administration has enjoyed itself firing boatloads of Federal employees. The most common recourse for civil service employees who were fired for no just reason is the Merit Systems Protection Board. The MSPB essentially enforces the Civil Service Reform Act. A civil servant can only be fired for a just reason. But, since so
Pres. Trump’s assault on the Department of Justice has real-world consequences. Some 5,500 employees, including lawyers and support staff, have left or been fired from DOJ since January. That is out of a total staff of about 10,000. That means there are widespread vacancies across the country in DOJ. But, recruiting at law schools is
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 amended the prior law, which was passed in 1883. The current law is found at 5 U.S.C. §1101, et seq. The first Civil Service Act of 1883 changed what had been a political spoils system to a much more professional, stable work force. Prior to 1883, the
I previously wrote about the potential effect of Project 2025 on the private sector workforce here. But, what about the Federal workforce? Well, looking at the book’s discussion of the Federal workforce, we enter the bizarro world of right-wing politics.
Right off the bat, the book claims that today, Federal workers are not held