When President Biden took office, he swiftly canceled an executive order his predecessor Donald Trump had issued that could have enabled Trump to fire tens of thousands of federal workers and replace them with loyalists. But Democrats never succeeded in enacting legislation to strengthen protections for the civil service system as a matter of law.
When President Joe Biden took office, he swiftly canceled an executive order his predecessor Donald Trump had issued that could have enabled Trump to fire tens of thousands of federal workers and replace them with loyalists. But Democrats never succeeded in enacting legislation to strengthen protections for the civil service system as a matter of law. Now, with Trump seemingly poised to win the GOP nomination again, the Biden administration is instead trying to effectively Trump-proof the civil
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The administrative state is starting to panic. Its bureaucrats thrive on remaining in the shadows, but in the last year, they’ve had a massive spotlight shown on them. Several presidential candidates have pledged to dismantle the deep state, and the conservative movement’s Project 2025 a plan to gut the bureaucracy by making it easier to fire federal employees could make their dreams a reality.
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