AFL challenges 44-year-old consent decree barring merit tests in government jobs

First on the fox – A legal group is closely in line with the president Donald Trump It joins a federal court battle in Washington, DC, to cancel a approval decree during the Carter era that prevents the government from using merit -based employment, a decision, if canceled, it will resolve one of the most influential civil service decisions over the past forty years.

The first American Foundation (AFL), a group that is in line with Trump, submitted a federal complaint in Washington, DC, aimed at dismantling what it calls dated and illegal effort to enhance diversity in federal employment that the side lines are more qualified candidates.

“America is missing for the best talents due to the 44 -year -old illegal approval decree,” Nick Barry, AFL chief adviser, told Fox News Digital. “We must return to the merit -based assessments. Sweat and other non -changeable features have no place in this process.”

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The lawsuit targets a decree of approval of Lovano, an agreement that black prosecutors and Latin were shocked by the government under President Jimmy Carter in 1981. The settlement ended the merit -based employment practices of federal government agencies and written tests required to replace them with alternative assessments.

Critics of these alternative assessments, including AFL and Boyden Gray, PLC, which joined the complaint, discuss that they are old and outdated solutions that illegally enhance an unlawful system for race -based employment.

“We must return to the merits based on the merit,” Barry added. “Sweat, color and other non -changing properties have no place in this evaluation.”

The Personnel Management Office had previously asked the court to end the Carter Covenant system, an effort now joined by AFL and Boyden Gray, on the pretext that it violates the precedent of the Supreme Court.

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“The ability to employ the best and brightest work in Washington is returning profits to the country by making more effort,” Dan Epstein, Vice President of AFL, told Fox News Digital. “This is what all Americans deserve from their government.”

AFL support can bring a new OPM momentum to end these employment practices in the federal government. But it is also possible to meet a fair degree of criticism.

Although the efforts made to finish or replace the 40 -year -old evaluation systems are not completely radical, the deposit comes at a time when the Trump administration continues to engage with government employees due to the agency’s budget discounts and workforce discounts.

The case, if you hear in court, can govern the discussion throughout the country about the conscious employment practices of race.

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The legal America was established first, although it was not an official part of the Trump administration, by Trump’s long -standing advisor, Stephen Miller, one of Trump’s most defenders to enforce the most stringent immigration, dismantle Dei programs and end positive procedures in public education. Miller stepped down from AFL before joining the White House in 2025.

This effort also comes at a time when many federal agencies are struggling to overcome a huge loss of employees and institutional knowledge due to financing discounts and other orders from Duji, the semi -government government efficiency agency headed by billionaire Elon Musk.

However, AFL sees its efforts as supporting OPM and ending what it argues is an almost “impossible” standard to create a widely used civil service exam.

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“Public service is general confidence,” Epstein said. “The presidential administrations have called on both parties to end an indelible bureaucracy that fails to play a good role for the American people.”

OPM nor the White House immediately responded to Fox News to comment on the new court file or their views on current recruitment practices.