The First Amendment forbids widespread loyalty purges.

The act of violence almost 150 years ago effectively gave birth to the civil service, that class of nonpartisan experts who ...

The civilian federal workforce, not including military personnel and postal workers, comprises about 2.4 million people. While a chunk of federal workers, about 20%, are in Washington, D.C., and the ...

It violates statutes, undoes a century of civil service reform, and would derail government services. The Washington Monthly is an independent voice, listened to by insiders and willing to take on ...