Garfield's Death and the Civil Service | Jackson News

Garfield’s assassination in 1881 didn’t just end a presidency—it sparked America’s first civil service reforms, building a merit-based system to combat corruption. Now, a Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. Slaughter threatens to undo that legacy, letting presidents fire government commissioners at will. This rollback echoes past defeats like the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, revealing a troubling pattern: progress toward fairness is fragile, and the fight for justice never truly ends. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/8c20675cbbdebe0b