Court Blocks Trump-Vance Administration’s Unlawful Loyalty Question for Federal Job Applicants - Democracy Forward

Over 70,000 federal job postings have included the loyalty question, compelling applicants to speak about political issues and chilling other applicants’ speech, undermining the merit-based hiring system.

“Requiring federal job applicants to answer politically motivated questions goes against the very nature of the nonpartisan civil service, and we are pleased the judge has put an immediate stop to the administration’s loyalty questions. Federal employees should be hired based solely on their ability to perform the job – not their allegiance to any particular administration,” AFGE National President Everett Kelley said.