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Updated May 1, 2025 Federal Dismantlement
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Ongoing

Schedule F and Federal Worker Purge: Dismantling Civil Service Protections

Schedule F's reclassification potentially covered hundreds of thousands of federal workers, stripping civil service protections that prevent politically-motivated firing. The 'deferred resignation' buyout offer — which OPM claimed would allow employees to stop working but continue receiving pay until late September 2025 — was sent without adequate legal review; courts later found the offer may not have been lawfully authorized. Tens of thousands of workers accepted. Agencies including USAID, the Department of Education, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were simultaneously subject to mass reductions in force. By spring 2025, an estimated 100,000+ federal workers had left or been terminated.

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Updated January 25, 2019 Rule of Law
Major Abuse of Power

Longest Government Shutdown in U.S. History: 35 Days Over Border Wall Funding

The shutdown began when Trump refused to sign a continuing resolution that did not include wall funding, after initially indicating he would sign a bipartisan agreement. Approximately 800,000 federal workers went without pay; those deemed 'essential' — including air traffic controllers, TSA agents, Coast Guard personnel, and federal law enforcement — were required to work without compensation. The TSA began calling out sick in significant numbers, raising aviation safety concerns. Trump reopened the government after 35 days without receiving any wall funding.

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