"The outrage, of course, is it was only two years ... "

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Kathryn Jean Lopez, editor of the National Review Online, says about the DOJ’s practice of using political credentials in civil service hiring decisions:"The outrage, of course, is it was only two years ... "Funny, I thought the outrage was that this behavior was illegal (under the CSRA and applicable Department regulations). Orin, over at the Volokh, agrees ("The basic picture is just disgraceful.")

But Todd Zywicki, who earlier downplayed the "scandal" ("it seems obvious that merit alone has never the sole criterion for securing these positions, and that a variety of other personal, geographic, and demographic factors have always played into these decisions") hasn’t spoken up to criticize the Administration, and other prominent conservative legal voices have been equally silent. (I don’t think Glenn Reynolds has said a thing about the report: readers can correct me if I missed it among the many posts about Obama’s foibles).

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