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Video 04.15.2016 1:34:02

Our Partisan Bureaucracy? The IRS, the DOJ, and the Future of Political Activism

When the first Civil Service Reform Act passed in 1883, “good government” reformers envisioned nonpartisan civil servants fairly administering the federal bureaucracy. From the vantage point of 2016, it is clear this dream has turned into a nightmare.

Dean Reuter (moderator) is Vice President & Director, Practice Groups, Federalist Society.

John Eastman is Founding Director of the Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, and currently serves as the Henry Salvatori Professor of Law & Community Service at Chapman University’s Dale E. Fowler School of Law. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute.

Cleta Mitchell is Partner and Political Law Attorney, Foley & Lardner LLP.

Hans von Spakovsky Manager, Election Law Reform Initiative and Senior Legal Fellow, The Heritage Foundation.

Robert Weiner is Partner, Arnold & Porter.

The American Mind presents a range of perspectives. Views are writers’ own and do not necessarily represent those of The Claremont Institute.

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