What's To Stop Trump/GOP From Purging Democrats From Federal Jobs.

[TheMastersNemesis]

The memo to Department of Energy regarding employees involved with climate change should be very alarming. What is to stop Trump and the GOP from starting purges of federal agencies of anyone registered as a Democrat? The fact that they are even sending such a memo is really criminal. These employees are civil service employees who should be protected from political harassment.

[lonestarnot]

1. Stopping the coup.

[kentuck]

2. Trump has asked for the names of all the global warming theorists in the government.

So, that's probably not a far stretch.

[LonePirate]

3. I'm not sure if anything could stop them from shutting down agencies and departments altogether.

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. What's to stop Trump from anything. Period. Maybe best stated as "Who", not what.

We are sorely lacking "Who"s at the moment

[onecaliberal]

5. Nothing.

[elleng]

6. Firing Federal Employees Isnt Easy, But It Can Be Done.

' There are laws protecting career civil servants from being dismissed without cause or for politically-motivated reasons. Certainly there’s a case to be made that the federal firing process (which does exist) could, and probably should, be improved. But making it too easy seriously threatens the due process long afforded to federal workers, significantly increases the risk of politically-motivated sackings, and could have adverse effects on the recruitment and retention of talented federal employees.

The federal workforce is made up of about 2.1 million employees. In fiscal 2013, only 9,559 employees were terminated or removed for discipline or performance, according to Office of Personnel Management statistics. That’s less than 1 percent of the total workforce. So, which Cabinet-level department fired the most employees (2,247) in fiscal 2013 for discipline or performance? The Veterans Affairs Department. VA is one of the largest federal agencies, but it’s not the biggest.'>>>

http://www.govexec.com/management/2014/05/firing-federal-employees-isnt-easy-it-can-be-done/85423/

[PoliticAverse]

7. "Political appointees" serve at the pleasure of the administration... Civil Service employees...

are protected by law from being fired for political reasons.

[TheMastersNemesis]

9. What Makes Anyone Think The GOP Will Respect The Law?

[PoliticAverse]

10. Because courts will back it up. n/t

[OhioBlue]

11. Oh - they won't fire them for "political reasons"

They will *find* (manufacture, concoct) *other* reasons to relieve them of their duties.

[flyingfysh]

8. The Republicans could just change the law

Then they could fire anyone they wanted to

[2naSalit]

12. And that, right there

is the sNewt G approach to solving an ethical problem, change the law then there won't be a problem.

[msongs]

13. it was all perfectly legal - the 1933 enabling act in germany...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_Act_of_1933