Schedule PC creates a pathway to convert large numbers of career civil servants into positions subject to political control. It replaces merit, expertise, and adherence to the law with political loyalty.

The National Association of Government Employees (NAGE), alongside AFGE and AFSCME, has filed a lawsuit against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to stop the administration’s new “loyalty essay” requirement—an unprecedented addition to federal job applications that unions say forces applicants to express political allegiance to the president’s policies. The lawsuit argues that the policy violates the First Amendment and the Administrative Procedure Act, transforming me