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Federal Official Resigns in Protest of Trump Tinkering With Civil Service
With his wealth of experience and Trump’s order guiding him, Sanders explained that his decision to resign was all but a foregone conclusion.
“It is clear that its stated purpose notwithstanding, the Executive Order is nothing more than a smokescreen for what is clearly an attempt to require the political loyalty of those who advise the President, or failing that, to enable their removal with little if any due process,” he wrote. “I simply cannot be part of an Administration that seeks to do so…to replace apolitical expertise with political obeisance. Career Federal employees are legally and duty- bound to be nonpartisan; they take an oath to preserve and protect our Constitution and the rule of law…not to be loyal to a particular President or Administration.”
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Dr. Ronald Sanders resigned as head of the Federal Salary commission because Trump issued an Executive Order that would mean federal employees could be fired if they weren’t loyal to the president.
This is scary for a democracy to have the body of federal employees loyal to a president and not the constitution.
With his wealth of experience and Trump’s order guiding him, Sanders explained that his decision to resign was all but a foregone conclusion.
“It is clear that its stated purpose notwithstanding, the Executive Order is nothing more than a smokescreen for what is clearly an attempt to require the political loyalty of those who advise the President, or failing that, to enable their removal with little if any due process,” he wrote. “I simply cannot be part of an Administration that seeks to do so…to replace apolitical expertise with political obeisance. Career Federal employees are legally and duty- bound to be nonpartisan; they take an oath to preserve and protect our Constitution and the rule of law…not to be loyal to a particular President or Administration.”
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Dr. Ronald Sanders resigned as head of the Federal Salary commission because Trump issued an Executive Order that would mean federal employees could be fired if they weren’t loyal to the president.
This is scary for a democracy to have the body of federal employees loyal to a president and not the constitution.