Federal Court Blocks Trump-Vance Administration's Loyalty Question for Federal Job Applicants

A federal court has issued an order preventing the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from enforcing a directive that requires federal job applicants to answer a 'loyalty question' on civil service applications. The lawsuit argues that this requirement violates the First Amendment, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Privacy Act by compelling political speech and enabling viewpoint discrimination, thereby threatening the nonpartisan civil service.