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Judge Blocks Trump Loyalty Essay From Federal Job Apps

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  • U.S. District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. blocked the Trump administration’s loyalty essay question for federal job applications.
  • The Office of Personnel Management must remove the essay question and notify agencies by the end of the week.
  • More than 70,000 federal job postings had included the loyalty essay question.
  • AFSCME President Patrick Moran called the loyalty questions an illegal attempt to hire partisan cronies.