What would this plan do?
In centralizing powers, the project aims to advance a mission Republicans have long pursued: creating a smaller federal government.
Trump’s campaign and those behind the plan intend to rein in independent agencies — including the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission — and put them under direct presidential control. There’s even an idea to strip the Justice Department of its autotomy that was normalized during the Watergate-era and make it subject to White House control. This could potentially stymie its ability to ensure a fair and impartial administration of justice, including of the president himself.
They’re also proposing to gut the “administrative state” from within by ousting federal workers who they believe are standing in the way of the president’s agenda and replacing them with other like-minded officials. This includes reinstating Trump’s executive order, Schedule F, which would reclassify tens of thousands of civil service employees as at-will workers who could more easily be fired.
Critics worry that this could lead to arbitrary dismissals, though ex-Trump campaign official James Sherk, who came up with the idea of Schedule F that’s included in Project 2025, told The New York Times that it wouldn’t destroy the protections in place that shield these workers from unfair practices. “Schedule F expressly forbids hiring or firing based on political loyalty,” Sherk explained. However, Axios reported last month that Trump allies are already pre-screening thousands of potential employees and appointees by political ideology — and they’re checking to see would-be candidates are loyal to Trump.
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