Fmr. Federal Prosecutor: It Is a ‘Constitutional Violation’ to Be Fired Because of Personal Political Patronage

DONOVAN: “Yeah. The gist of their argument is sortrtf mischaracterizes our point and the points that we made in ourur filings, whichchre chiefly that the administration through patel and in a pattern through other administration officials, are basically submitting what should be a career FBI employees to loyalty tests. And those loyalty tests can take different forMs. But when there is political influence and you are basically being judged for your personal political patronage, we are saying that it is a constitutional violalaon to be fired in that way. And by the way, thahaalso interacts with the article two argument that we just discussed, the way that the government is wielding it, it would be so in a way that would seem to supersede the rest of the Constitution, including article one, which allows Congress to create removal protection laws and the first amamdment, as we just discussed in the Fifth Amendment right to due process. So the article two argument, we think, is also neutrarazed by our plaintiffs.”

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Fmr. Federal Prosecutor: It Is a ‘Constitutional Violation’ to Be Fired Because of Personal Political Patronage‘And those loyalty tests can take different forms’News & PoliticsRUSH EXCERPT:DONOVAN: “Yeah. The gist of their argument is sortrtf mischaracterizes our point and the points that we made in ourur filings, whichchre chiefly that the administration through patel and in a pattern through other administration officials, are basically submitting what should be a career FBI employees to loyalty tests. And those loyalty tests can take different forMs. But when there is political influence and you are basically being judged for your personal political patronage, we are saying that it is a constitutional violalaon to be fired in that way. And by the way, thahaalso interacts with the article two argument that we just discussed, the way that the government is wielding it, it would be so in a way that would seem to supersede the rest of the Constitution, including article one, which allows Congress to create removal protection laws and the first amamdment, as we just discussed in the Fifth Amendment right to due process. So the article two argument, we think, is also neutrarazed by our plaintiffs.”Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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