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Seven years ago, former President Donald Trump raised his hand to take the presidential oath of office. He swore to “faithfully execute the office of president of the United States” and to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution.” Things went downhill for him—and for the country—from there. His presidency ended in an insurrection that sought to illegally keep him in power.In legal filings before the Colorado Supreme Court, Trump is now arguing th...

Federal debt will never be brought under control, nor will government’s intrusiveness be curtailed, unless people rein in the administrative state. Fortunately, some good suggestions on how to do so are published this week by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a think tank dedicated to the goal of freedom for all people and businesses from unnecessary regulations.

It’s possible that former President Donald Trump will retake the White House in 2024. While Americans have yet to cast a single ballot in the primaries, no GOP rival has come close to dislodging him. Legal efforts to declare him ineligible under the Fourteenth Amendment may fall short. And President Joe Biden’s grim poll numbers could damage his re-election chances.Trump has already promised that his second term will be different than his first. And by “different,” he...

Keju, China’s incredibly difficult civil service test, strengthened the state at the cost of freedom and creativity

Civil service reform: Public Service Amendment Act will reduce discretion of politicians to recruit staff, interfere in operational matters.

COMMENTARY | One scholar argues that a radical movement to shift powers to the president would be disastrous for the federal workforce.

Revisiting the lesser-known wisdom of the founders.

If Donald Trump wins a second term, he and his allies want to revive a plan to allow a president to fire civil service workers who are supposed to be hired on merit. The Biden administration is trying to thwart it.

An effort to insulate the federal workforce from future efforts to strip them of their removal protections could accelerate an “existential” debate over...

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.