Judges' Union: Supreme Court Decision an 'Excuse' to Politicize ALJs

Government Executive: The Association of Administrative Law Judges denounced the Trump administration’s recent executive order removing the judges from the competitive hiring process, calling it an effort to politicize a segment of the civil service.

Last week, President Trump signed an executive order moving the hiring of administrative law judges out of the competitive service and into the excepted service, giving agency heads much broader discretion in the judges' qualifications and appointment.

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