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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Umm, what's wrong with any of this?[/quote]

The part where it says “How would you help advance the President’s Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role” is the [i]last[/i] thing any of us should want for federal hires. This is asking explicitly for people who have a partisan leaning. Why would it be good for the country if we hire only people who have a political bent? That’s exactly what the current administration has been trying (incompetently and ill-advisedly) to find and weed out. [/quote]

Umm, you work for the President. If you can't work with his priorities and orders, then you shouldn't work for the Government. [/quote]

If they are legally implanted and funded by Congress, absolutely. A half a## EO that is immediately enjoined? Not so much. You follow the statutes and regulations applicable to your position. Not Trumps tweets. And he can break the law. The rest of us cannot.

I’m a lawyer. You can’t make a false representation to a Court, or sign a brief that does so without risking your law license. But now Trump political are asking attorneys to lie, obfuscate, mislead, etc. At which point you resign, like a lot of DOJ has.

Trump isn’t a king. [/quote]

This. We swear an oath to uphold the constitution. As long as Trump’s orders do not violate the law, we have zero problems implementing them. But they must be legal.[/quote]

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