05-17-2020, 06:01 PM
Much like society at large, the civil service operates on a tenuous mix of laws, regulations, and tradition.
As we have learned in this administration, tradition is not enforceable, and a decades-long record of administrative independence by inspectors general counts for squat. Just like the tradition of allowing a president to nominate supreme court justices upon a vacancy.
As we have learned in this administration, tradition is not enforceable, and a decades-long record of administrative independence by inspectors general counts for squat. Just like the tradition of allowing a president to nominate supreme court justices upon a vacancy.