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Constitutional Law-Executive Powers-Right To Remove Executive Employees Without Judicial Trial, William E. Beringer

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff was reinstated in the classified civil service of the federal government on the condition that removal might be ordered if, "on all the evidence, reasonable grounds exist for belief that the [plaintiff] is disloyal to the Government of the United States." Such evidence having allegedly been uncovered, dismissal followed, with a ban against federal employment for three years. The specific grounds for suspicion were never revealed to plaintiff, and no opportunity was ever afforded to confront, cross-examine, or learn the identity of those who had informed against her. Plaintiff sought an order of reinstatement in the federal district court, …