Trump FURIOUS as Judge RIPS AWAY Loyalty TEST!!!

By Legal AF

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Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian break down a federal court ruling blocking a Trump administration hiring rule that required job applicants — for positions as varied as air traffic controller, crane operator, and nuclear materials courier — to write an essay explaining how they'd help advance the president's executive orders and name one or two they personally support. U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr. in Massachusetts, a Clinton appointee, granted a stay barring federal agencies from using the question while a lawsuit by three federal employee unions, including the American Federation of Government Employees, proceeds, finding it likely violates both the Civil Service Reform Act and the First Amendment. Brian and Shant note the scale: by September 2026, the essay question had appeared on more than 70,000 federal job listings on USAJobs, including nearly all Department of Labor postings and roughly three-quarters of Justice and Energy Department listings — for jobs wit