A simple example: an individual appointed as a provisional or temporary employee in a position in the competitive class does not have the same employee statutory rights as those enjoyed by an individual holding a permanent appointment in the same competitive class title.[12] An individual’s statutory right to many benefits of employment such as eligibility to compete in a promotion examination for a higher grade position, his or her seniority in a layoff situation, and the right to… [read post]

Perhaps now is a good time to re-read  in the quite different light of the second decade of the 21st century an interesting foreign observation of American political culture written in the beginning of the third decade of the 20th century--Édouard Lambert,  Le Gouvernement des juges et la lutte contre la législation sociale aux États-Unis. [read post]