How the civil service system changed American government
How the civil service system changed American government  
Podcast: On Point | Podcast
Published On: Tue Jan 14 2025
Description: The Pendleton Act of 1883 established a non-partisan civil service. President-elect Donald Trump says he’ll upend the law, firing non-partisan employees and replacing them with loyalists. We'll look at how the U.S. came to have a civil service in the first place.